Question

You have 6 magic markers that are yellow and 4 are purple. If you pick 3 of them, what is th probability that the first 2 are purple and the last one is yellow? (Show your work)

Answer 1

we have

6 magic markers yellow

4 purple

total markers = 6 + 4 = 10

therefore:

first purple

`(4)/(10)=(2)/(5)`

second purple

`(4-1)/(10-1)=(3)/(9)=(1)/(3)`

then:

`(2)/(5)+(1)/(3)=(11)/(15)`