You have a bag of poker chips, containing 2 white, 1 red, and 3 blue chips. White chips are worth $5, red chips are worth S10 and blue chips are worth $20. You need $20 worth of chips in order to see someone's raise, so you take chips out of the bag one at a time, noting the color of each one as it's removed, and stop when the total value of the chips removed is at least $20. How many sequences of chip colors are possible when you do this?

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You have a bag of poker chips, containing 2 white, 1 red, and 3 blue chips. White
chips are worth $5, red chips are worth $10 and blue chips are worth $20. You need
$20 worth of chips in order to see someone's raise, so you take chips out of the bag one
at a time, noting the color of each one as it's removed, and stop when the total value
of the chips removed is at least $20. How many sequences of chip colors are possible
when you do this?
(A) 0
(B) 9
(C) 5
(D) 10
(E) 3
(F) 11
(G) 8
(H) 7
Transcribed Image Text:You have a bag of poker chips, containing 2 white, 1 red, and 3 blue chips. White chips are worth $5, red chips are worth $10 and blue chips are worth $20. You need $20 worth of chips in order to see someone's raise, so you take chips out of the bag one at a time, noting the color of each one as it's removed, and stop when the total value of the chips removed is at least $20. How many sequences of chip colors are possible when you do this? (A) 0 (B) 9 (C) 5 (D) 10 (E) 3 (F) 11 (G) 8 (H) 7
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