a bag contains 8 red ribbon, 7 green ribbons, and 3 yellow ribbons. if you randomly remove 3 of the ribbons from the bag without replacement, what is the probability that the first 2 are yellow?

My account
Edit my Profile
Private messages
My favorites

Ask a Question
Questions
Unanswered
Tags
Categories
Ask a Question

asked Jul 1, 2019 218k views

1 vote

a bag contains 8 red ribbon, 7 green ribbons, and 3 yellow ribbons. if you randomly remove 3 of the ribbons from the bag without replacement, what is the probability that the first 2 are yellow?

Mathematics
middle-school

Ingenspor asked

by Ingenspor

5.6k points

0 Comments

Please log in or register to add a comment.

Please log in or register to answer this question.

1 Answer

4 votes

8+7+3=18 so you have 3 yellow ribbons so 3/18 but u can simplify that by 3 and get 1/6

Robin Gertenbach answered Jul 4, 2019

by Robin Gertenbach

5.5k points

0 Comments

Please log in or register to add a comment.

Ask a Question

Welcome to QAmmunity.org, where you can ask questions and receive answers from other members of our community.

6.2m questions

8.2m answers

0 Comments

Please log in or register to add a comment.

Please log in or register to answer this question.

1 Answer

0 Comments

Please log in or register to add a comment.

Other Questions