Question 634186: A bag contains five purple ("P") blocks and one yellow ("Y") blocks. Without looking into the bag you reach in, take out a block, return the block to the bag, and then repeat the same process a number of times. Which of the following sequences of selected blocks is more likely?
YPPYPP
YYYPPP
YYYPP
Answer by stanbon(75887)   (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! A bag contains five purple ("P") blocks and one yellow ("Y") blocks. Without looking into the bag you reach in, take out a block, return the block to the bag, and then repeat the same process a number of times. Which of the following sequences of selected blocks is more likely?
YPPYPP
YYYPPP
YYYPP
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It's more likely that you get fewer "Y's".
YPPYPP
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Cheers,
Stan H.
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