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Question 187826: Two balls are to be selected without replacement from a bag containing one red, one blue, one green, one yellow, and one black ball. How many points are there in the sample space?
Answer by stanbon(75887) About Me  (Show Source):
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Two balls are to be selected without replacement from a bag containing one red, one blue, one green, one yellow, and one black ball. How many points are there in the sample space?
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5 ways to select the 1st ball
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4 ways to select the 2nd ball
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Total # of points in the sample space 5*4 = 20
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Stan H.