Computing the probability of the event ʺdrawing a second red ball from a bag of colored balls after having keptthe red ball that was drawn first from the bagʺ is an example of
A) conditional probability.
B) independence of events.
C) mutual exclusiveness.
D) disjoint events.

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This scenario exemplifies conditional probability because the probability of drawing a second red ball is affected by the outcome of the first event (keeping the first red ball), altering the composition of the bag for the second draw.

Computing the Probability of the Event ʺDrawing a Second Red