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An urn contain 9 blue, 7 white and 4 black balls. If 2 balls are drawn at random, then what is the probability that only one ball is white ?

1) 71/190
2) 121/190
3) 91/190
4) 93/190
5) None of these

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Method-I
No. of ways to succeed = 7*13 =91

No. of random pairs = 20C2 = 190

P(one white) = 91/190

Method-II
P(2 white) = 7C2/20C2 = 21/190

P(2 non-white) = 13C2/20C2

P(1 white) = 1-[(21+78)/20C2] = 1-99/190 = 91/190
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(7c1×13c1)÷20c2=91÷190
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