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Given 10 balls in a box where 4 are black and the other 6 are white. 4 balls are taken out randomly and the balls are not put back.

What is the possibility that the fourth ball taken out is black?


The answer is 0.4.

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Aloysius Ng
Jan 2, 2015

The balls taken out actually do not affect the possability of a black ball being taken out.

So the answer is 4/10=0.4

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