Question: We have three urns, each a different color: Red, Blue, Green. The Red Urn contains 3 red balls, 2 blue balls, and 3 green balls.

We have three urns, each a different color: Red, Blue, Green.

  • The Red Urn contains 3 red balls, 2 blue balls, and 3 green balls.
  • The Blue Urn contains 3 red balls, 3 blue balls, and 2 green balls.
  • The Green Urn contains 4 red balls, 5 blue balls, and 2 green balls.

An urn is selected at random and a ball is drawn from the selected urn.The ball is placed back in the original urn. On the 2nd draw, we select the Urn corresponding to the color of the 1st ball drawn.Compute the expected number ofRedballs in the 2nd Urn we draw from.

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