SOLUTION: A box contains 44 ​red, 33 white and 44 green balls. Two balls are drawn out of the box in succession without replacement. What is the probability that both balls are the sam

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Question 1116024: A box contains 44 ​red, 33 white and 44 green balls. Two balls are drawn out of the box in succession without replacement. What is the probability that both balls are the same​ color?
Found 2 solutions by Shin123, ikleyn:
Answer by Shin123(626)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
There are different combinations,
(r,r) (w,w) (g,g) (r,w) (r,g) (w,g) 3 of the combinations have the same color.%
Answer by ikleyn(52776)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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1.  44 + 33 + 44 = 121.



2.  The probability to get two red balls     = .

    
    The probability to get two white balls   = .


    The probability to get two green balls   = .



3.  The probability to get two balls of the same color is  


      =  =  =  =  =  = 0.3333 = 33.33%.


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