A box contains 4 white balls and 3 red balls. In succession, two balls are randomly selected and removed from the box. Give that the first removed ball is white, the probability that the second removed ball is red is A. $$\frac{1}{3}$$ B. $$\frac{3}{7}$$ C. $$\frac{1}{2}$$ D. $$\frac{4}{7}$$

$$ rac{1}{3}$$
$$ rac{3}{7}$$
$$ rac{1}{2}$$
$$ rac{4}{7}$$

The correct answer is $\boxed{\frac{3}{7}}$.

The probability of event A happening, given that event B has already happened, is called the conditional probability of A given B, and is denoted by $P(A|B)$. It can be calculated using the following formula:

$$P(A|B) = \frac{P(A \cap B)}{P(B)}$$

In this case, event A is the event that the second ball removed is red, and event B is the event that the first ball removed is white. We are given that event B has already happened, so we need to calculate $P(A \cap B)$ and $P(B)$.

$P(A \cap B)$ is the probability that both the first ball removed is white and the second ball removed is red. This can be calculated as follows:

$$P(A \cap B) = \frac{4}{7} \times \frac{3}{6} = \frac{2}{7}$$

$P(B)$ is the probability that the first ball removed is white. This can be calculated as follows:

$$P(B) = \frac{4}{7}$$

Therefore, the conditional probability that the second ball removed is red, given that the first ball removed is white, is:

$$P(A|B) = \frac{P(A \cap B)}{P(B)} = \frac{\frac{2}{7}}{\frac{4}{7}} = \frac{3}{7}$$