A box has 10 balls, 6 of which are black and 4 of which are white. Three balls are removed from the box, their colors noted. Find the probability that a fourth ball removed from the box is white.
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Another way to look at it is to realize that the order in which they are taken out is irrelevant since no information is revealed about the first three.
Therefore, the probability is the same as it would be if it were the first one taken out, which is 1 0 4 = 5 2