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A bag has 4 red balls and 2 yellow balls. (The balls are identical in all respects other than colour). A ball is drawn from the bag without looking into the bag. What is probability of getting a red ball? Is it more or less than getting a yellow ball?

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Probability of getting a red ball, `P_R = `
Number of red balls in bag/Total number of balls in bag
`P_R = 4/6 = 2/3`
Probability of getting a yellow ball, `P_Y = `
Number of yellow balls in bag/Total number of balls in bag
`P_Y = 2/6 = 1/3`
So, we can see probability of getting a red ball is more than getting a yellow ball.
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