8. You are a member of a class of 18 students. A bowl contains 18 chips: one blue and 17 red. Each student is to take one chip from the bowl without replacement. The student who draws the blue chip is guaranteed an A for the course. a) If you have a choice of drawing first, fifth, or last, which position would you choose? Justify your choice on the basis of probability. b) Suppose the bowl contains two blue and 16 red chips. What position would you now choose? Justify.
8. You are a member of a class of 18 students. A bowl contains 18 chips: one blue and 17 red. Each student is to take one chip from the bowl without replacement. The student who draws the blue chip is guaranteed an A for the course. a) If you have a choice of drawing first, fifth, or last, which position would you choose? Justify your choice on the basis of probability. b) Suppose the bowl contains two blue and 16 red chips. What position would you now choose? Justify.
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