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SOA Exam P Sample Question 4

Study guide: Exam P-1

An urn contains 10 balls: 4 red and 6 blue. A second urn contains 16 red balls and an unknown number of blue balls. A single ball is drawn from each urn. The probability that both balls are the same color is 0.44.

Calculate the number of blue balls in the second urn.

  • A) 4
  • B) 20
  • C) 24
  • D) 44
  • E) 64

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