Question

An urn contains 8 green and 9 white balls. Six balls are randomly drawn from the urn in succession, with replacement. That is, after each draw, the selected ball is returned to the urn. What is the probability that all 6 balls drawn from the urn are white? Round your answer to three decimal places.

Answer 1

The probability is 0.022

Explanation:

Firstly, we need to get the total number of balls in the urn

mathematically, we have this as ;

8 + 9 = 17

now, the probability of selecting a white ball will be the number of white balls divided by the total number of balls

Mathematically, we have this as 9/17

Now, since the event is carried out with replacement, the probability for the six times is the same

So, we have the probability as;

(9/17)^6 = 0.022