SOLUTION: A bag contains 6 blue marbles, 8 red marbles ,and 2 white marbles. if three marbles are removed at random and no marble is returned to the bag after removal what is the probabili

Question 353596: A bag contains 6 blue marbles, 8 red marbles ,and 2 white marbles. if three marbles are removed at random and no marble is returned to the bag after removal what is the probability that all three marbles will be red ?
A 1/10
i.e 8/16*7/15*6/14
=1/10
Found 2 solutions by Insparacia, Fombitz:
Answer by Insparacia(2) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
A 1/10
i.e 8/16*7/15*6/14
=1/10
Answer by Fombitz(32388) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Yes, correct.
6 B
8 R
2 W
16 total
P(1st R)=
P(2nd R)=
P(3rd R)=
P(3R in a row)=
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