document.write( "Question 449963: A bag contains 8 red marbles, 7 blue marbles, 10 white marbles and 9 yellow marbles. You are asked to draw 5 marbles from the bag without replacement. What is the probability of drawing less than two yellow marbles? \n" ); document.write( "

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document.write( "34 Marbles in all(8-r,7-b,10-w,9-y)
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document.write( "Drawing 5 w/o replacement
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document.write( "P(less than 2 yellow) = P(No yellow) + P(one yellow) 
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document.write( "                      = 27C5/34C5 + 7C1*27C4/34C5
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document.write( "                      =  (80,730 + 7*17,550) /278,256 = 203580/278256 = .7316 \n" );
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