SOLUTION: 8. A bag contains fourteen yellow balls, two violet balls, and nine red balls. You pick one without looking. What is the probability that you will draw three red balls in a row?
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Question 1000148: 8. A bag contains fourteen yellow balls, two violet balls, and nine red balls. You pick one without looking. What is the probability that you will draw three red balls in a row? Answer by fractalier(6550) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! Assuming that you do not replace them after each choosing, the odds of picking a red ball initially are 9/25...to pick another is 8/24...to pick a third would be 7/23...now multiply these and get
(9/25)(8/24)(7/23) = .0365 = 3.65%
