SOLUTION: Five balls are selected at random without replacement from an urn containing three white balls and five blue balls. Find the probability of the given event. (Round your answer to t

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Question 623744: Five balls are selected at random without replacement from an urn containing three white balls and five blue balls. Find the probability of the given event. (Round your answer to three decimal places.)
Two or three of the balls are white.
Answer by edjones(8007) About Me  (Show Source):
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There are 8 balls.
((3C2*5C3)+(3C3*5C2))/8C5
=((3*10)+(1*10))/56
=40/56
=0.714
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Ed