What color of ball do you want?

A box contains 8 red, 10 yellow, 13 blue, 16 green, 9 white and 6 violet plastic balls. If we draw 6 balls together, find the probability that all are the same color. Give your answer correct to 7 decimal places.


The answer is 0.0001634.

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1 solution

The fundamental act is that we draw 6 balls together. The number of outcomes for this act is 62 C 6 = 61441519 _{62}C_{6}=61441519 .

The number of ways of drawing 6 red balls is 8 C 6 = 28 _8C_6=28 , 6 yellow balls is 10 C 6 = 210 _{10}C_6=210 , 6 blue balls is 13 C 6 = 1716 _{13}C_6=1716 , 6 green balls is 16 C 6 = 8008 _{16}C_6=8008 , 6 white balls is 9 C 6 = 84 _9C_6=84 and 6 violet balls is 6 C 6 = 1 _6C_6=1 . The number of ways of drawing 6 balls of the same colors is 28 + 210 + 1716 + 8008 + 84 + 1 = 10047 28+210+1716+8008+84+1=10047 .

Hence, the probability is

p = 10047 61474519 0.0001634 p=\dfrac{10047}{61474519}\approx 0.0001634

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