SOLUTION: Ten Pieces of paper numbered consecutively from 1 to 10 are put into a hat. If three pieces of paper are drawn at random from the hat one at a time without being returned to the ha

Question 528453: Ten Pieces of paper numbered consecutively from 1 to 10 are put into a hat. If three pieces of paper are drawn at random from the hat one at a time without being returned to the hat, What is the probability that all three will be Even numbers
Answer by stanbon(75887) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Ten Pieces of paper numbered consecutively from 1 to 10 are put into a hat. If three pieces of paper are drawn at random from the hat one at a time without being returned to the hat, What is the probability that all three will be Even numbers
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5 of the numbers are even.
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# of ways to select 3 even is 5C3 = 5C2 = 10
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# of ways to select 3 randomly 10C3 = 128
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P(3 even) = 10/128 = 5/63
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Cheers,
Stan H.
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