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Author: Sheldon Ross
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Transcribed Image Text:A shopping mall is having a seasonal lucky draw. For every purchase over $500, a
customer can enter the lucky draw once. In the lucky draw, the customer draws a ball
from a box containing 80 balls in comprising four different colours. Each colour
represents a prize, as shown below.
Colour Number of balls
In the box
Red
Blue
Yellow
White
2
10
28
40
Prize
A gold coin
$100 cash coupon
$50 cash coupon
$20 cash coupon
If the purchase is over $1000, the customer can draw two balls without replacement.
a) If a ball is drawn at random, find the probability of getting a cash coupon.
b) If two balls are randomly drawn without replacement, find the probability of getting:
i) One cash coupon and one gold coin.
ii) Two cash coupons with the same value.
111) It is given that the two cash coupons have the same value; find the probability that
the two cash coupons are worth $20.
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