Question

Let B1W2 denote the outcome that the first ball drawn is B1 and the second ball drawn is W2. Because the first ball is replaced before the second ball is drawn, the outcomes of the experiment are equally likely. List all 25 possible outcomes of the experiment on a sheet of paper.Consider the event that the first ball that is drawn is blue.

Answer 1

`\{B_1B_1, B_1B_2, B_1W_1, B_1W_2, B_1W_3, \\B_2B_1, B_2B_2, B_2W_1, B_2W_2, B_2W_3, \\`

`W_1B_1,W_1B_2, W_1W_1, W_1W_2, W_1W_3, \\W_2B_1, W_2B_2, W_2W_1,W_2W_2, W_2W_3, \\W_3B_1, W_3B_2, W_3W_1, W_3W_2, W_3W_3\}`

Explanation:

`\text{If an urn contains two blue balls} (denoted \:B_1 \:and \:B_2) \text{and three white balls}`,
`(denoted \:W_1, W_2, \:and\: W_3)`

If One ball is drawn, its color is recorded, and it is replaced in the urn. Then another ball is drawn and its color is recorded.

The 25 Possible outcomes of this experiment are listed below:

`\{B_1B_1, B_1B_2, B_1W_1, B_1W_2, B_1W_3, \\B_2B_1, B_2B_2, B_2W_1, B_2W_2, B_2W_3, \\`

`W_1B_1,W_1B_2, W_1W_1, W_1W_2, W_1W_3, \\W_2B_1, W_2B_2, W_2W_1,W_2W_2, W_2W_3, \\W_3B_1, W_3B_2, W_3W_1, W_3W_2, W_3W_3\}`

The tree diagram of this event is also attached.