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Each of 2 cabinets identical in appearance has 2 drawers.
Chapter 3, Problem 48P(choose chapter or problem)
Problem 48P
Each of 2 cabinets identical in appearance has 2 drawers. Cabinet A contains a silver coin in each drawer, and cabinet B contains a silver coin in one of its drawers and a gold coin in the other. A cabinet is randomly selected, one of its drawers is opened, and a silver coin is found. What is the probability that there is a silver coin in the other drawer?
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QUESTION:
Problem 48P
Each of 2 cabinets identical in appearance has 2 drawers. Cabinet A contains a silver coin in each drawer, and cabinet B contains a silver coin in one of its drawers and a gold coin in the other. A cabinet is randomly selected, one of its drawers is opened, and a silver coin is found. What is the probability that there is a silver coin in the other drawer?
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Each of 2 cabinets has 2 drawers.
Cabinet A contains a silver coin in each drawer, and cabinet B contains a silver coin in one of its drawers and a gold coin in the other drawer.
A cabinet selected randomly, one of its drawers is opened, and a silver coin is found.
We have to find the probability that there is a silver coin in the other drawer.