SOLUTION: A bowl contains 6 red chips, 5 blue chips, and 3 white chips. If three chips are drawn, determine the probability that: a. the chips are of different colors? b. the chips ar

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Question 1153768: A bowl contains 6 red chips, 5 blue chips, and 3 white chips. If three
chips are drawn, determine the probability that:
a. the chips are of different colors?
b. the chips are all red?
c. two of three chips are blue?

Answer by greenestamps(13203)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

                       number of ways to get desired outcome
P(desired outcome) = ------------------------------------------
                     number of ways to choose 3 of the 14 chips


In every case the denominator of the fraction is



a. the chips are all different colors

We need to choose 1 of the 6 red AND 1 of the 5 blue AND 1 of the 3 white:



P(all different colors) = 90/364

b. the chips are all red

We need to choose 3 of the 6 red AND 0 of the 5 blue AND 0 of the 3 white:



P(all 3 red) = 20/364

c. 2 of the 3 are blue

We need to choose 2 of the 5 blue and 1 of the 9 red or white:



P(2 blue) = 90/364

Simplify the fractions, or convert to decimals, if required....


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