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)      (Show Source): 
You can  put this solution on YOUR website! 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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Cheers, 
Stan H. 
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