document.write( "Question 1185517: A box contains twenty-one doughnuts. Thirteen are filled with vanilla creme and eight are filled with lemon creme. Millicent randomly selects three doughnuts from the box. (The doughnuts all look the same.)\r
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document.write( "What is the probability that Millicent gets at least one doughnut that is filled with lemon creme?\r
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document.write( "Write your answer as a decimal, rounded to three significant figures. \n" );
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Algebra.Com's Answer #816462 by Boreal(15235)![]() ![]() You can put this solution on YOUR website! 21C3 possible choices \n" ); document.write( "8C1*13C2 are ways for 1 lemon creme=624 ways \n" ); document.write( "8C2*13C1 are for 2 =364 ways \n" ); document.write( "8C3*13C0 are for three=56 ways \n" ); document.write( "total 1044 ways/1330=0.785 probability \n" ); document.write( "- \n" ); document.write( "also look at it for ways can choose 3 filled with vanilla creme and subtract that probability from 1, since everything else has at least 1 lemon creme. \n" ); document.write( "13C3/21C3=0.2150 \n" ); document.write( "1-0.2150=0.785 \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " |