SOLUTION: a box contains 8 red chips, 6 blue chips, and 12 white chips. three chips are randomly drawn from the box and not replaced. find the probability of drawing a red then a white then

Question 268752: a box contains 8 red chips, 6 blue chips, and 12 white chips. three chips are randomly drawn from the box and not replaced. find the probability of drawing a red then a white then a blue chip.
Answer by stanbon(75887) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
a box contains 8 red chips, 6 blue chips, and 12 white chips. three chips are randomly drawn from the box and not replaced. find the probability of drawing a red then a white then a blue chip.
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P(red then white then blue without replacement)
= (8/26)(12/25)(6/24)
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Cheers,
Stan H.
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