SOLUTION: A bag contains 5 white balls and 6 red balls. Three balls are drawn, without replacement, from the bag. What is the probability that at least one ball is white?

Question 809608: A bag contains 5 white balls and 6 red balls. Three balls are drawn, without replacement, from the bag. What is the probability that at least one ball is white?

Answer by stanbon(75887) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
A bag contains 5 white balls and 6 red balls. Three balls are drawn, without replacement, from the bag. What is the probability that at least one ball is white?
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Ans: P(>= 1 white) = 1 - P(no white)
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= 1 - [5C3/11C3]
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= 1 - 10/165
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= 155/165
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= 0.9394
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Cheers,
Stan H.
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