Bag of candy

Algebra Level 1

Michael walks on the street eating candy from a brown bag. He has 4 red candy, 2 yellow, 5 green , 4 blue and 1 pink. what is the probability that Michael will eat 3 red candy in row?

4/16 1/4 3/4 1/140

Cristian Șulea by Cristian Șulea , 50, USA

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Cristian Șulea
Aug 31, 2018

P(r,r,r)= 4 16 \frac{4}{16} 3 15 \frac{3}{15} 2 14 \frac{2}{14} = 1 140 \frac{1}{140}

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It is very obvious that 1 140 \dfrac{1}{140} is the answer because I know that the probability is high.

Mohammad Farhat - 2 years, 9 months ago

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