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There are 5 red and 3 black balls in a bag. A red ball is drawn at random. Find its probability.

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Total balls `=5+3=8`
Red balls `=5`
`:.` Total no of ways of drawing a ball from 8 balls
`=.^(8)C_(1)=8`
No. of favourable ways of drawing a red ball from 5 red balls `=.^(5)C_(1)=5`
`:.` Probability of getting a red ball `=5/8`
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