SOLUTION: two balls are drawn at random without replacement from a box containing 6 red balls, 4 white balls and 5 blue balls. determine the following probabilities; 1. both balls drawn ar

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Question 862784: two balls are drawn at random without replacement from a box containing 6 red balls, 4 white balls and 5 blue balls.
determine the following probabilities;
1. both balls drawn are red
2. none of the ball drawn is blue

Answer by ewatrrr(24785) About Me  (Show Source):
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Hi
15 balls: 6R, 4W and 5B
two balls are drawn at random without replacement
P(2 red)= %286%2F15%29%285%2F14%29+=+1%2F7
P(no blue)= %2810%2F15%29%289%2F14%29+=++3%2F7
mean and variance of the distribution of the number of red balls drawn ?
mean= %28.4%2A15%29+=+6
Sd = sqrt%286%28.6%29%29 = 1.8974