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Mauricio is buying his wife flowers for their anniversary. The florist has 5 red roses, 4 yellow roses, and 3 pink roses. What is the probability he will select 1 yellow rose the 2 red rose. Independent or Dependent

User Zinov
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We will have the following:

The probability will be given by:


p=((1)/(12))((5)/(11))((4)/(10))\Rightarrow p=(1)/(66)
\Rightarrow p=0.01515151515\ldots\Rightarrow p\approx0.015

So, the probability of that happening is approximately 15%.

It is dependent.

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