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Question 212010: Two balls are to be selected without replacement from a bag containing one red, one blue, one green, and one yellow ball. How many points are there in the sample space?
Answer by Edwin McCravy(20060) 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, and one yellow ball. How many points are there in the sample space?

4 choose 2

4C2=%284%21%29%2F%282%212%21%29=%284%2A3%2A2%2A1%29%2F%28%282%2A1%29%282%2A1%29%29=6

The 6 points in the sample space are these 6 
subsets, each containing 2 elements:  

1. {red, blue}
2. {red, green}
3. {red, yellow} 
4. {blue, green} 
5. {blue, yellow}
6. {green, yellow}

Edwin