A bowl contains four red balls, three blue balls, and three yellow balls, and you select draw at random. A) What is the probability of drawing a red ball? B)You draw three yellow balls, one at a...

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A bowl contains four red balls, three blue balls, and three yellow balls, and you select draw at random.

A) What is the probability of drawing a red ball?

B)You draw three yellow balls, one at a time, without replacement. What is the probability of drawing all three yellow balls?

C) You draw a pair, one at a time, without replacement. What is the probability of not drawing a blue ball?

Answer 1 · 2013-03-27T00:06:20+00:00

mariloucortez | High School Teacher | (Level 3) Adjunct Educator

A. Probability of drawing a red ball

red ball = 4

blue ball = 3

yellow ball = 3

P(red ball) =number of red balls/total number of balls` `

P(red ball) = `4/(4+3+3)`

P(red ball) = `4/10`

P(red ball) = `2/5`

B. Probability of drawing three yellow ball

Since you draw without replacement, each time you draw, the total number of is deducted and the number of yellow ball as well.

P(all three are yellow ball) =`(3/10)(2/9)(1/8)`

P(all three are yellow ball) = `6/720=1/120`

C. Probability of drawing a pair but not blue ball

The combination you can have without blue ball in drawing a pair are (R,R), (R,Y), (Y,R), (Y,Y).``

P(R,R) = `(4/10)(3/9)=12/90`

P(R,Y) = `(4/10)(3/9)=12/90`

P(Y,R) = `(3/10)(4/9)=12/90`

P(Y,Y) = `(3/10)(2/10)=6/90`

Just add the probabilities.

P(pair but not blue ball) = `42/90 =7/15`

Another solution is:

P(pair but not blue) = `(red+yellow)/sum((red+yellow)-1)/(sum-1)`

P(pair but not blue) = `((4+3)/10)(6/9)`

P(pair but not blue) = `42/90` = `7/15`

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