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There are 5 green, 4 yellow and 3 white balls. Three balls are chossen at random. Find the probability that the 3 balls chossen are NOT of the same colour ????

Write the answer to the nearest 2 decimal places


The answer is 0.93.

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2 solutions

Chew-Seong Cheong
Jun 21, 2015

Total number of ways to choose 3 3 balls: N = ( 12 3 ) = 12 × 11 × 10 3 × 2 × 1 = 220 \space N = \begin{pmatrix} 12 \\ 3 \end{pmatrix} = \dfrac{12\times 11 \times 10}{3\times 2 \times 1} = 220

The number of ways to choose 3 3 green balls: N g = ( 5 3 ) = 5 × 4 × 3 3 × 2 × 1 = 10 \space N_g = \begin{pmatrix} 5 \\ 3 \end{pmatrix} = \dfrac{5\times 4 \times 3}{3\times 2 \times 1} = 10

The number of ways to choose 3 3 yellow balls: N y = ( 4 3 ) = ( 4 1 ) = 4 \space N_y = \begin{pmatrix} 4 \\ 3 \end{pmatrix} = \begin{pmatrix} 4 \\ 1 \end{pmatrix} = 4

The number of ways to choose 3 3 while balls: N w = ( 3 3 ) = ( 3 0 ) = 1 \space N_w = \begin{pmatrix} 3 \\ 3 \end{pmatrix} = \begin{pmatrix} 3 \\ 0 \end{pmatrix} = 1

The number of ways of choosing 3 3 balls of not the same colour: N N g N y N w = 220 10 4 1 = 205 \space N - N_g - N_y - N_w = 220 - 10 -4 -1 = 205

The probability of choosing 3 3 balls of NOT the same colour: P = 205 220 = 0.93 \space P = \dfrac {205}{220} = \boxed{0.93} to the nearest 2 2 decimal places.

P(not getting same colour) = 1-p(same colour) P(all green)=5/12 *4/11 *3/10 =1/22 P(all yellow)=4/12 *3/11 *2/10=1/55 P(all white)=3/12 *2/11 *1/10=1/220 P(same colour)=3/44 So P(not getting same colour) = 41/44=0.93

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