Two balls are drawn at random with replacement from a box containing $10$ black and $8$ red balls. Find the probability that First ball is black and second is red.

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Total number of balls $=18$

Number of red balls $=8$

Number of black balls $=10$

Probability of getting first ball black $=\frac{10}{18}=\frac{5}{9}$

The ball is replaced after the first draw.

Probability of getting second ball as red $=\frac{8}{18}=\frac{4}{9}$

Therefore, probability of getting first ball as black and second ball as red $=\frac{5}{9} \times \frac{4}{9}=\frac{20}{81}$

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