A bowl contains (m) white marbles and (n) red marbles. A marble is taken randomly from the
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A bowl contains \(m\) white marbles and \(n\) red marbles. A marble is taken randomly from the bowl and returned to the bowl together with \(r\) marbles of the same color. This procedure continues to infinity.
(1) What is the probability that the second marble taken is red?
(2) What is the probability that the first marble taken is red on condition that the second marble taken is red? (This is a variant of Pólya's urn problem.)
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Applied Probability And Stochastic Processes
ISBN: 9780367658496
2nd Edition
Authors: Frank Beichelt
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