First we calculate the number of ways of removing any 3 balls from the 3+4+5=12 balls. This is 12C3 = 220 ways to remove any 3 balls. We first find the number of ways we don't want, which is the number of obtaining either no reds or just 1 red. The number of ways of getting no reds is the number of ways of choosing 3 from the 3+4=7 non-red balls. This is 7C3 = 35 ways. The number of ways of getting exactly 1 red is the number of ways of: 1. choosing 2 from the 3+4=7 non-red balls. This is 7C2 = 21 ways. and for each of these 21 ways, 2. choosing the 1 red ball. This is 5C1 = 5 ways That's 21∙5 = 105 ways to get exactly 1 red ball. So the total number of ways to get what we don't want is 35+105 = 140 ways. That leaves 220-140=80 ways we want. So the desired probability is 80 ways out of 220 or 80/220 which reduces to 4/11. Edwin