SOLUTION: A hat contains 3 marbles. one orange, one blue, and one yellow. Two marbles are selected at random with out replacement from the hat. A) Determine the number of points in the sa

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Question 850815: A hat contains 3 marbles. one orange, one blue, and one yellow. Two marbles are selected at random with out replacement from the hat.
A) Determine the number of points in the sample.
B) Determine the probability of selecting exactly 1 orange marble.
C) Determine the probability of selecting 1 marble that is not orange.
D) Determine the probability of selecting no blue marbles.

Answer by Fombitz(32388)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Look at all of the possible outcomes.
OB
OY
BO
BY
YB
YO
A) 6 points in the sample
B) 4 possible,
C) 6 possible, , since you're picking two, one has to be not orange.
D) 2 possible,

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