A bag contains 5 red marbles and 3 black marbles. Three marbles are drawn one by one without replacement. What is the probability that at least one of the three marbles drawn be black, if the first marble is red?

Given that bag contains 5 red marbles and 3 black marbles


For at least one of the three marbles drawn be black, if the first marble is red


Then the following three conditions will be followed


(i) Second marble is black and third is red = E1


(ii) Second and third, both marbles are black = E2


(iii) Second marble is red and third marble is black = E3


Let event Rn = drawing red marble in nth draw


And event Bn = drawing black marble in nth draw




And



Required probability, P(E)= P(E1) + P(E2) + P(E3)



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