Question

Pat wants to select 8 pieces of fruit to bring in the car for the people he's driving to Montana with. He randomly chooses each piece of fruit to be an orange, an apple, or a banana. What is the probability that either exactly 3 of the pieces of fruit are oranges or exactly 6 of the pieces of fruit are apples?

Answer 1

a)The probability that exactly 3 of the pieces of fruits are oranges is 3.70%

b)The probability that 6 of the pieces of fruits are apples is 0.13%

Explanation:

There are 6561 ways of combinations for the fruits (3 to the 8=6561)

a)243*100/6561=3.70

b)9*100/6561= 0.13