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2001 AMC 10 Problem 23

A box contains exactly five chips, three red and two white. Chips are randomly removed one at a time without replacement until all the red chips are drawn or all the white chips are drawn. What is the probability that the last chip drawn is white?

\textbf{(A)}\ \frac{3}{10}\qquad\textbf{(B)}\ \frac{2}{5}\qquad\textbf{(C)}\ \frac{1}{2}\qquad\textbf{(D)}\ \frac{3}{5}\qquad\textbf{(E)}\ \frac{7}{10}


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