SOLUTION: A box contain five red marbles, 5 green marbles and four blue marbles. What is the probablity of drawing three red in the row without replacement?

Question 794913: A box contain five red marbles, 5 green marbles and four blue marbles. What is the probablity of drawing three red in the row without replacement?

Answer by stanbon(75887) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
A box contain five red marbles, 5 green marbles and four blue marbles. What is the probablity of drawing three red in the row without replacement?
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# of ways to succeed: 5C3 = 10
# of possible outcomes: 14C3 = 364
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P(3 in a row) = 10/364 = 0.0275
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Cheers,
Stan H.
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