SOLUTION: A bag contains 8 red marbles, 9 white marbles, and 6 blue marbles. You draw 5 marbles out at random, without replacement. For the following questions, round the answer to 3 decimal

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Question 1205229: A bag contains 8 red marbles, 9 white marbles, and 6 blue marbles. You draw 5 marbles out at random, without replacement. For the following questions, round the answer to 3 decimals as required. What is the probability that all the marbles are red?
The probability that all the marbles are red is
.
What is the probability that exactly two of the marbles are red?
The probability that exactly two of the marbles are red is
.
What is the probability that none of the marbles are red?
The probability of picking no red marbles is

Found 2 solutions by ikleyn, Edwin McCravy:
Answer by ikleyn(52931)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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It was solved couple of days ago at this forum under this link

https://www.algebra.com/algebra/homework/Probability-and-statistics/Probability-and-statistics.faq.question.1205258.html



Answer by Edwin McCravy(20066)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

There are 8+9+6=23 marbles in all.

8 of them are red and 23-8=15 of them are non-red.
What is the probability that all the marbles are red?
What is the probability that exactly two of the marbles are red?


What is the probability that none of the marbles are red?



Edwin

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