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June 2011 p61 q7
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A bag contains 5 green balls and 3 yellow balls. Ronnie and Julie play a game in which they take turns to draw a ball from the bag at random without replacement. The winner of the game is the first person to draw a yellow ball. Julie draws the first ball. Find the probability that Ronnie wins the game.
Solution
To find the probability that Ronnie wins, we consider the scenarios where Ronnie draws the first yellow ball.
1. Probability that Julie draws a green ball first and Ronnie draws a yellow ball second: