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There are n counters in a bag.

3 of the counters are red.
Two counters are taken from the bag.
Find, in terms of n, the probability that both counters are red.

User Dajon
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\displaystyle |\Omega|=\binom{n}{2}=(n!)/(2!(n-2)!)=(n(n-1))/(2)\\|A|=\binom{3}{2}=3\\\\P(A)=(3)/((n(n-1))/(2))=(6)/(n(n-1))

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