SOLUTION: A box contains 3 blue chips and 9 red chips. A person selects two chips without replacement, find the probability of selecting 2 blue chips?

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Question 1147393: A box contains 3 blue chips and 9 red chips. A person selects two chips without
replacement, find the probability of selecting 2 blue chips?

Answer by Boreal(15235) About Me  (Show Source):
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this is 3C2*9C0 divided by 12C2=3*9/66 or 3/66 or 1/22
more simply (3/12) for first * (2/11) for second or 6/132 or 1/22