document.write( "Question 353155: If you draw 4 M&Ms from a bag containing 4 red, 4 yellow, 4 green, and 4 brown ones, what is the probability that you will get 1 of each color? \n" ); document.write( "

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document.write( "The probability that the first one you draw will be the only one you have\r\n" );
document.write( "drawn of that color, whatever it is, is 1 because that is certain, since\r\n" );
document.write( "you will have only drawn one.\r\n" );
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document.write( "The probability that the second one you draw will be the only one you have\r\n" );
document.write( "drawn of that color, whatever it is, is  because it can be any of\r\n" );
document.write( "the three colors that you didn't draw the first time.\r\n" );
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document.write( "The probability that the third one you draw will be the only one you have\r\n" );
document.write( "drawn of that color, whatever it is, is  because it can be either\r\n" );
document.write( "of the two colors that you didn't draw the first or second times.\r\n" );
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document.write( "The probability that the third one you draw will be the only one you have\r\n" );
document.write( "drawn of that color, whatever it is, is  because it must be the\r\n" );
document.write( "only color you haven't drawn.\r\n" );
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