"Eight Ball" is a game played on a pool table with $15$ balls numbered $1$ to $15$ and a "cue ball" that is solid and white. Of the $15$ numbered balls, eight are solid (non-white) coloured and number

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"Eight Ball" is a game played on a pool table with $15$ balls numbered $1$ to $15$ and a "cue ball" that is solid and white. Of the $15$ numbered balls, eight are solid (non-white) coloured and numbered $1$ to $8$ and seven are striped balls numbered $9$ to $15$.

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The $15$ numbered pool balls (no cue ball) are placed in a large bowl and mixed, then one ball is drawn out at random.

Based on the above information, answer the following questions:

(i) What is the probability that the drawn ball bears number $8$?

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Step 1: $P(	ext{drawing ball bearing number } 8) = \frac{1}{15}$.

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