SOLUTION: A bag contains 6 blue marbles, 8 red marbles ,and 2 white marbles. if three marbles are removed at random and no marble is returned to the bag after removal what is the probabili

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Question 353596: A bag contains 6 blue marbles, 8 red marbles ,and 2 white marbles. if three marbles are removed at random and no marble is returned to the bag after removal what is the probability that all three marbles will be red ?
A 1/10
i.e 8/16*7/15*6/14
=1/10
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Answer by Insparacia(2) About Me  (Show Source):
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A 1/10
i.e 8/16*7/15*6/14
=1/10

Answer by Fombitz(32388) About Me  (Show Source):
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Yes, correct.
6 B
8 R
2 W
16 total
P(1st R)=8%2F16=1%2F2
P(2nd R)=7%2F15
P(3rd R)=6%2F14=3%2F7
P(3R in a row)=%281%2F2%29%287%2F15%29%283%2F7%29=1%2F10