Exercise 31.5

In a hockey match, both teams A and B scored same number of goals upto the end of the game, so to decide the winner, the refree asked both the captains to throw a die alternately and decide that the team, whose captain gets a first six, will be declared the winner. If the captain of team A was asked to start, find their respective probabilities of winning the match and state whether the decision of the refree was fair or not.

As per the given question,

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A bag contains 8 marbles of which 3 are blue and 5 are red. one marble is drawn at random, its colour is noted and the marble is replaced in the bag. A marble is again drawn from the bag and its colour is noted. Find the probability that the marble will be (i) blue followed by red. (ii) blue and red in any order.

Bag contains $3$ blue, $5$ red marbles. One marble is drawn, its colour noted and replaced, then again a marble drawn and its colour noted.  

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