SOLUTION: There are 8 tokens in a bag. 5 are red, 2 are blue, and 1 is green.
Without watching, you randomly grab 3 tokens from the bag. What is
the chance that at you end up with at least
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Question 654093: There are 8 tokens in a bag. 5 are red, 2 are blue, and 1 is green.
Without watching, you randomly grab 3 tokens from the bag. What is
the chance that at you end up with at least 1 red token and at least 1 blue
token?
Answer by stanbon(75887) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
There are 8 tokens in a bag. 5 are red, 2 are blue, and 1 is green.
Without watching, you randomly grab 3 tokens from the bag. What is
the chance that at you end up with at least 1 red token and at least 1 blue
token?
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# of ways to succeed: 5*2 = 10
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# of possible outcomes: 8C2 = (8*7)/(1*2) = 28
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P(1 red and 1 blue) = 10/28 = 5/14
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Cheers,
Stan H.
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