a) Three marbles are drawn successively from a box containing 8 blue marbles, 7 red marbles and 3 white marbles. Find the probability that they are drawn in the order red, white and blue if each is not replaced.

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a) Three marbles are drawn successively from a box containing 8 blue marbles, 7 red marbles
and 3 white marbles. Find the probability that they are drawn in the order red, white and
blue if each is not replaced.
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