Suppose that 2 balls are randomly selected (without replacement) from an urn containing 3 red, 4 blue, and 5 white balls. If we let X and Y denote, respectively, the number of red and white balls chosen.  a)Solve for P(x=2) b) Solve for the probability that y is atleast 1 c) Solve for P(x>0)

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Suppose that 2 balls are randomly selected (without replacement) from an urn containing 3 red, 4 blue, and 5 white balls. If we let X and Y denote, respectively, the number of red and white balls chosen. 

a)Solve for P(x=2)

b) Solve for the probability that y is atleast 1

c) Solve for P(x>0)

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