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Nov 2007 p6 q7
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Box A contains 5 red paper clips and 1 white paper clip. Box B contains 7 red paper clips and 2 white paper clips. One paper clip is taken at random from box A and transferred to box B. One paper clip is then taken at random from box B.

  1. Find the probability of taking both a white paper clip from box A and a red paper clip from box B.
  2. Find the probability that the paper clip taken from box B is red.
  3. Find the probability that the paper clip taken from box A was red, given that the paper clip from box B is red.
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