Of the 6 drawings, the red marbles can be drawn any of the 6 times, but the probability of drawing the red ones in any of the 6 times is the same as the probability of drawing all the red ones in the beginning, so we calculate that probability and multiply by the number of choices of times to draw the red ones, which is the combinations of 6 drawings, choose the number of reds to draws. P(drawing 1 red, 5 greens) = 6C1*P(drawing the red one 1st) = 6C1(5/10)(5/9)(4/8)(3/7)(2/6)(1/5) = 1/42 P(exactly 2 reds, 4 greens) = 6C2*P(drawing the red ones 1st & 2nd) = 6C2(5/10)(4/9)(5/8)(4/7)(3/6)(2/5) = 5/21 P(exactly 3 reds, 3 greens) = 6C3*P(drawing the red ones 1st, 2nd & 3rd) = 6C3(5/10)(4/9)(3/8)(5/7)(4/6)(3/5) = 10/21 P(exactly 4 reds, 2 greens) = 6C4*P(drawing the red ones 1st, 2nd, 3rd & 4th) = 6C4(5/10)(4/9)(3/8)(2/7)(5/6)(4/5) = 5/21 P(exactly 5 reds, 1 green) = 6C3*P(drawing the red ones 1st, 2nd, 3rd 4th) = 6C5(5/10)(4/9)(3/8)(2/7)(1/6)(5/5) = 1/42 Event: number Ex- of Prob pect- red of a- ones event tions ------------------------ n p n*p 1 1/42 1/42 2 5/21 10/21 3 10/21 30/21 4 5/21 20/21 5 1/42 5/42 ------------------------ sum=1 sum=3=expected number of red marbles Edwin