SOLUTION: A box contains 4 red and 8 green marbles. You reach in and remove 3 marbles all at once. Find the probability that these 3 marbles:
a) are all red.
b) are all of the same color.
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a) are all red.
b) are all of the same color.
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Question 861808: A box contains 4 red and 8 green marbles. You reach in and remove 3 marbles all at once. Find the probability that these 3 marbles:
a) are all red.
b) are all of the same color. Answer by stanbon(75887) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! A box contains 4 red and 8 green marbles. You reach in and remove 3 marbles all at once. Find the probability that these 3 marbles:
a) are all red.
Ans: 4C3/12C3 = 0.0182
b) are all of the same color.
Ans: (4C3+8C3)/12C3 = 0.2727
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Stan H.
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