SOLUTION: A box contains 3 red and 5 black balls; find the total number of ways such that all red balls stay together and all black balls stay together in the row.

Question 461750: A box contains 3 red and 5 black balls; find the total number of ways such that all red balls stay together and all black balls stay together in the row.
Answer by stanbon(75887) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
A box contains 3 red and 5 black balls; find the total number of ways such that all red balls stay together and all black balls stay together in the row.
----
If they stay together the 3 red are like one red; the 5 black are
like one black.
---
# of ways they can stay together = 2
either black followed by red or red followed by black
================
Cheers,
Stan H.
RELATED QUESTIONS
A box contains 4 red balls, 6 black balls, 8 blue balls and 12 white balls. What... (answered by macston)

a box contains 7 identical red balls, 4 identical white balls and 9 identical black... (answered by stanbon)

Urn 1 contains 6 red balls and 5 black balls. Urn 2 contains 3 red balls and 3 black... (answered by Boreal)

2) A bag contains 9 white and 12 black balls. Find the probability of drawing 5 black... (answered by stanbon)

A box contains 2 red, 3 black, and 5 white balls. If 3 balls are drawn at random without... (answered by Fombitz)

A box contains 6 white balls, 7 black balls, and 5 red balls. How many red balls must be... (answered by macston)

A box contains 2 white balls, 3 black balls and 4 red balls. What is the probability of... (answered by Alan3354)

Urn 1 contains 7 red balls and 4 black balls. Urn 2 contains 4 red balls and 1 black... (answered by math_helper,ikleyn)

A bag contains two black balls three green balls and four red balls. a ball is pick from... (answered by solver91311)