Question
Two balls are drawn at random with replacement from a box containing 10 black and 8 red balls. Find the probability that.
Both the balls are red.

Answer

Given,
Box contains 10 black and 8 red balls.
Two balls are drawn with replacement.
P (Both the balls are red)
$=\text{P}(\text{R}_1\cap\text{R}_2)$
$=\text{P}(\text{R}_1)\text{ P}(\text{R}_2)$
$=\frac{8}{18}\times\frac{8}{18}$
$=\frac{16}{81}$
Required probability $=\frac{16}{81}$

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