A bag contains:
You reach in and pull out five at random.
What is the probability that you pull out the following:
If this probability is where and are coprime positive integers, what is ?
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There are ( 5 1 0 ) = 2 5 2 ways of choosing 5 balls.
And, if you choose 1 red, 1 green, 1 yellow and 2 blues, there is:
That is 1 ⋅ 2 ⋅ 3 ⋅ 6 = 3 6 ways.
So, the probability of choosing this combination is 2 5 2 3 6 = 7 1
1 + 7 = 8