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A box contains 3 white and 2 balck balls. Two balls are drawn at random one after the other. If the balls are not replaced. What is the probability that both the balls are black.?

A

`2//5`

B

`1//5`

C

`1//10`

D

None of these

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B

Total number of balls=5
Nuber of black balls=2
Required prpobability
`=(n(E))/(n(S))=(.^(2)C_(1)xx.^(1)C_(1))/(.^(5)C_(2))=(2)/(5)xx(1)/(2)=(1)/(5)`
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