Suppose that a box contains r red balls and w white balls. Suppose also that balls are

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Suppose that a box contains r red balls and w white balls. Suppose also that balls are drawn from the box one at a time, at random, without replacement.
(a) What is the probability that all r red balls will be obtained before any white balls are obtained?
(b) What is the probability that all r red balls will be obtained before two white balls are obtained?
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Probability And Statistics

ISBN: 9780321500465

4th Edition

Authors: Morris H. DeGroot, Mark J. Schervish

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