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There are four identically sized and shaped balls in a box, with only its top open. Each ball is of a different colour, these being : Green, Red, White and Blue, only one ball of each colour. Without looking into the box, one ball is randomly picked out and its colour is noted; then it is returned to the box. What are the chances that, in two successive draws, one may get the white ball and the red ball — in whichever order ?
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