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Container A holds 4 red balls and 6 green balls; containers B and C each hold 6 red balls and 3 green balls. A container is selected at random and then a ball is randomly selected from that container. What is the probability that the ball selected is green? Express your answer as a common fraction.

 Sep 30, 2021

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                       P(A)              P(B)              P(C)

                         1/3               1/3                1/3

P(green)           6/10             3/9                3/9

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Poverall            1/5               1/9                1/9             P = 1/5 + 1/9 + 1/9 = 19/45

 Sep 30, 2021

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