document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1182175>Question 1182175</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Roda has 8 pink paper clips, 5 yellow, and 3 green paper clips in her drawer. If she<BR>\n" );
document.write( "selects 3 paper clips at random with no replacement, what is the proba. that she will first<BR>\n" );
document.write( "select a pink clip, then a yellow, and then another pink clip? </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #812162 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=Boreal><B>Boreal(15235)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=Boreal><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/cgi-bin/show-face.mpl?user=Boreal><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=812162\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> 8/16 probability for pink clip first, which leaves 15 with 5 yellow, so yellow second is (1/3) and the third pink would be 7/14, because two have been chosen and 1 pink.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "That combined  product is 1/12. </SPAN>\n" );
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