Asked by Jake Craddock
What's the probability of picking out 5 white and 3 red balls from a bag containing 12 white and 3 red balls? That is all the red balls and 5 white from the bag leaving 7 white balls.
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Answered by
Steve
Just consider each ball's chances as it is drawn:
3/15 * 2/14 * 1/13 * 12/12 * 11/11 * ... = 1/455
Note that after all the red balls are drawn, there is a 100% chance that the rest will be white.
Also, the order does not matter. If the order were WWRWWRWR the chances would be
12/15 * 11/14 * 3/13 * 10/12 * 9/11 * 2/10 * 8/9 * 1/8 = 1/455
3/15 * 2/14 * 1/13 * 12/12 * 11/11 * ... = 1/455
Note that after all the red balls are drawn, there is a 100% chance that the rest will be white.
Also, the order does not matter. If the order were WWRWWRWR the chances would be
12/15 * 11/14 * 3/13 * 10/12 * 9/11 * 2/10 * 8/9 * 1/8 = 1/455
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