SOLUTION: In a box there are 14 red marbles, 9 blue marbles and 8 green marbles. If 12 of the marbles fall out, what is the probability that there will be four of each color?

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Question 1140976: In a box there are 14 red marbles, 9 blue marbles and 8 green marbles. If 12 of the marbles fall out, what is the probability that there will be four of each color?
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The good outcomes: choose 4 of the 14 red AND 4 of the 9 blue AND 4 of the 8 green.

The total possible outcomes: 12 out of the 31 total.

P(4 of each color) = %28C%2814%2C4%29%2AC%289%2C4%29%2AC%288%2C4%29%29%2FC%2831%2C12%29

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