Question 242603: A package contains 12 sweaters, 3 of which are blue. If 4 are selected, find the probability of getting 1 blue sweater
Answer by stanbon(75887)   (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! A package contains 12 sweaters, 3 of which are blue. If 4 are selected, find the probability of getting 1 blue sweater
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# of ways to pick a blue: 4
# of ways to pick 3 non-blue: 8C3 = (8*7*6)/(1*2*3) = 56
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# of ways to pick 4 without restriction: 12C4 = 495
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P(one blue) = [4*56]/495 = 0.4525..
Cheers,
Stan H.
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