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A bag contains 7 white, 5 black and 4 red balls. If two balls are drawn at random, find the probability that: (i) both the balls are white (ii) one ball is black and the other red (iii) both the balls are of the same colour.

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To solve the problem step by step, we will calculate the required probabilities for each part of the question. ### Given: - Number of white balls (W) = 7 - Number of black balls (B) = 5 - Number of red balls (R) = 4 ### Total number of balls: ...
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