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A bag contains 3 white, 3 black and 2 red balls. One by one, three balls are drawn without replacing them. Find the probability that the third ball is red.

A

`(2)/(56)`

B

`(3)/(56)`

C

`(1)/(56)`

D

`(14)/(56)`

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D

Three possible cases are

`therefore` Required probability
`=(2)/(8)xx(6)/(7)xx(1)/(6)+(6)/(8)xx(2)/(7)xx(1)/(6)+(6)/(8)xx(5)/(7)xx(2)/(6)=(14)/(56)`
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