Question 1191553: In a discreet box, there are 2 red pens and 4 black pens. Mario is asked to pick three pens randomly without replacement. How many possible outcomes are there in the sample space?
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The question is open to different interpretations....
The way I read it, the 2 red pens are indistinguishable, as are the 4 black pens.
With that interpretation, there are 3 outcomes in the sample space, because the number of red pens among the 3 chosen can be either 0, 1, or 2.
ANSWER: 3 possible outcomes
black, black, black
red, black, black
red, red, black
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