Question : 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 on 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?