An Introduction to Mathematical Statistics and Its Applications (6th Edition)

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ISBN 10: 0-13411-421-3
ISBN 13: 978-0-13411-421-7

Chapter 2 Probability - 2.4 Conditional Probability - Questions - Page 45: 34

Answer

$0.4$

Work Step by Step

There are many possibilities for the first six chips: $6$ red chips, $5$ red chips and $1$ white chip, and so on. But, its is irrelevant if we don't know their colors (see example 2.4.8, page $42$) $P(Seventh~chip~is~red)=P(First~chip~is~red)=\frac{40}{100}=0.4$
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