SOLUTION: A box contains 17 yellow, 29 green and 36 red jelly beans. If 12 jelly beans are selected at random, what is the probability that: a) 10 are yellow? b) 10 are yellow and 1 are

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Question 368242: A box contains 17 yellow, 29 green and 36 red jelly beans.
If 12 jelly beans are selected at random, what is the probability that:
a) 10 are yellow?
b) 10 are yellow and 1 are green?
c) At least one is yellow?

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***A box contains 17 yellow, 29 green and 36 red jelly beans.
If 12 jelly beans are selected at random, what is the probability that:
a) 10 are yellow?
b) 10 are yellow and 1 are green?
c) At least one is yellow?***
a) %28C%2817%2C10%29%2AC%2865%2C2%29%29%2FC%2882%2C12%29
b) %28C%2817%2C10%29%2AC%2829%2C1%29%2AC%2836%2C1%29%29%2FC%2882%2C12%29
c) 1+-+C%2865%2C12%29%2FC%2882%2C12%29