SOLUTION: A box consists of 5 green and 3 red balls. Three balls are drawn at random from it. If X is the discrete random variable denoting the number of green balls, find the probability di

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Question 891633: A box consists of 5 green and 3 red balls. Three balls are drawn at random from it. If X is the discrete random variable denoting the number of green balls, find the probability distribution of X.
Answer by Fombitz(32388) About Me  (Show Source):
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Look at all the possible outcomes and the number of green balls.
There are 2%5E3 or 8 of them.
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GGG-3
GGR-2
GRG-2
GRR-1
RGG-2
RGR-1
RRG-1
RRR-0
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So then for X green balls,
P%28X=0%29=1%2F8
P%28X=1%29=3%2F8
P%28X=2%29=3%2F8
P%28X=3%29=1%2F8