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counting and probability intermediate
Problem
Container A holds 4 red balls and 6 green balls; containers B and C each hold 6 red balls and 4 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.
Solution
There are three different possibilities for our first decision, each corresponding to which container we choose. So, if we choose container A, with probability, we have a probability of drawing green, which means we have a of picking Container A and then picking a green ball. Similarly for container B the probability is , and the same for container C. So, the total probability is .
Final answer
\frac{7}{15}