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Author: Robert F. Blitzer
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A jar contains five red balls, numbered 1 to 5, and eight white balls, numbered 1 to 8.
A ball is chosen at random from the jar. Find the probability of each event.
(a) The ball is red. (b) The ball is even-numbered.
(c) The ball is red or even-numbered.
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