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Three balls are selected randomly from a bag containing 4 red balls and 7 blue ones. Find the probability that the first 2 are red and the last is a blue.

College Algebra

7th Edition

ISBN:9781305115545

Author:James Stewart, Lothar Redlin, Saleem Watson

Publisher:James Stewart, Lothar Redlin, Saleem Watson

Chapter9: Counting And Probability

Section: Chapter Questions

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Three balls are selected randomly from a bag containing 4 red balls and 7 blue ones. Find the probability that the first 2 are red and the last is a blue.

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