SOLUTION: A box consists of 5 green and 3 red balls. Three balls are drawn at random from it. If X is the discrete random variable denoting the number of green balls, find the probability di

Question 891633: A box consists of 5 green and 3 red balls. Three balls are drawn at random from it. If X is the discrete random variable denoting the number of green balls, find the probability distribution of X.
Answer by Fombitz(32388) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Look at all the possible outcomes and the number of green balls.
There are or of them.
.
.
.
GGG-3
GGR-2
GRG-2
GRR-1
RGG-2
RGR-1
RRG-1
RRR-0
.
.
.
So then for X green balls,

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