SOLUTION: please help me with this question:A box contains 25 yellow, 26 green and 36 red jelly beans. If 13 jelly beans are selected at random, what is the probability that: 10 are yell

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Question 676334: please help me with this question:A box contains 25 yellow, 26 green and 36 red jelly beans.
If 13 jelly beans are selected at random, what is the probability that:
10 are yellow?
10 are yellow and 2 are green
and at least one is yellow?

Answer by stanbon(75887) About Me  (Show Source):
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A box contains 25 yellow, 26 green and 36 red jelly beans.
87 beans in the box
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If 13 jelly beans are selected at random, what is the probability that:
10 are yellow?
Answer::: [25C10*62C3]/87C13
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10 are yellow and 2 are green and at least one is red?
Ans: [25C10*26C2*36C1]/87C13
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Cheers,
Stan H.