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Question 589910: A bag contains 6 red dice and 10 blue dice. Two dice are selected at random. Find the probability of selecting one red die and one blue die. Answer by stanbon(75887) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! A bag contains 6 red dice and 10 blue dice. Two dice are selected at random. Find the probability of selecting one red die and one blue die.
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# of ways to succeed: 6*10 = 60
# of random pairs: 16C2 = 8*15 = 120
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P(one red and one blue) = 60/120 = 1/2
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Stan H.
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