SOLUTION: a bowl of fruit consists of five apples, seven oranges, four pears, and two plums. If a person randomly selects and eats one fruit per day for three days, what is the probability t

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Question 669988: a bowl of fruit consists of five apples, seven oranges, four pears, and two plums. If a person randomly selects and eats one fruit per day for three days, what is the probability that an apple will be the fruit selected on all three days? (Assume that the selected fruit is not replaced during the three-day period.)
a. 0.0123
b.0.0214
c.0.170
d.0278

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Hi,
a bowl of 18fruit consists of five apples, seven oranges, four pears, and two plums
person randomly selects and eats one fruit per day for three days..
P( 3 apples) = %285%2F18%29%284%2F17%29%283%2F16%29+