SOLUTION: A bag contains five red chips, three blue chips, and two yellow chips. Two chips are selected from the bag without replacement. Find the probability that two chips of the same colo

Question 943194: A bag contains five red chips, three blue chips, and two yellow chips. Two chips are selected from the bag without replacement. Find the probability that two chips of the same color are selected
Answer by Fombitz(32388) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Look at the possible outcomes.
RR RB RY
BR BB BY
YR YB YY
There are 9 possible outcomes.
3 of them (RR,BB,YY) have chips of the same color.

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