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.
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The fundamental act is that we draw 6 balls together. The number of outcomes for this act is 6 2 C 6 = 6 1 4 4 1 5 1 9 .
The number of ways of drawing 6 red balls is 8 C 6 = 2 8 , 6 yellow balls is 1 0 C 6 = 2 1 0 , 6 blue balls is 1 3 C 6 = 1 7 1 6 , 6 green balls is 1 6 C 6 = 8 0 0 8 , 6 white balls is 9 C 6 = 8 4 and 6 violet balls is 6 C 6 = 1 . The number of ways of drawing 6 balls of the same colors is 2 8 + 2 1 0 + 1 7 1 6 + 8 0 0 8 + 8 4 + 1 = 1 0 0 4 7 .
Hence, the probability is
p = 6 1 4 7 4 5 1 9 1 0 0 4 7 ≈ 0 . 0 0 0 1 6 3 4