A bag has 5 red and 3 blue balls. One ball is drawn, not replaced, then another. What is the probability both are red?

Problem Statement

First red is five eighths. Then four sevenths. Multiply to get twenty by fifty six which reduces to ten by twenty one.

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(5/8)×(4/7) = 20/56 = 10/21

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