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Probability question

Bag X contains 9 blue balls and 18 red balls
Bag Y contains 7 blue and 14 red balls

Lenny picks a ball at random from bag X
He puts the ball into bag Y.
Martin now picks a ball at random from bag Y

Show that P(Lenny picks a blue ball) = P(Martin picks a blue ball).
Original post by Edgarleonard
Bag X contains 9 blue balls and 18 red balls
Bag Y contains 7 blue and 14 red balls

Lenny picks a ball at random from bag X
He puts the ball into bag Y.
Martin now picks a ball at random from bag Y

Show that P(Lenny picks a blue ball) = P(Martin picks a blue ball).


Draw some tree diagrams, that should make this clearer

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