SOLUTION: A bag contains five red chips, three blue chips, and two yellow chips. Two chips are selected from the bag without replacement. Find the probability that two chips of the same colo

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Question 943194: A bag contains five red chips, three blue chips, and two yellow chips. Two chips are selected from the bag without replacement. Find the probability that two chips of the same color are selected
Answer by Fombitz(32388) About Me  (Show Source):
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Look at the possible outcomes.
RR RB RY
BR BB BY
YR YB YY
There are 9 possible outcomes.
3 of them (RR,BB,YY) have chips of the same color.
P=3%2F9=1%2F3