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by blaster » Sun Aug 29, 2010 2:52 am

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A box contains 4 red chips and 2 blue chips. If two chips are selected at random without replacement, what is the probability that the chips are different colors?

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by akhpad » Sun Aug 29, 2010 4:40 am
blaster wrote:A box contains 4 red chips and 2 blue chips. If two chips are selected at random without replacement, what is the probability that the chips are different colors?

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Method 1:
4C1 * 2C1 / 6C2 = 8/15


Method 2:
(4/6)(2/5)+(2/6)(4/5)= 8/15

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by diebeatsthegmat » Sun Aug 29, 2010 9:42 am
blaster wrote:A box contains 4 red chips and 2 blue chips. If two chips are selected at random without replacement, what is the probability that the chips are different colors?

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select 2 from 6 chips : 6!/2!4!=15
select 1 from 4 red chip: 4
select 1 from 2 blue chips: 2
thus totallly probability is 2*4/15=8/15

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Re: probability

by Brent@GMATPrepNow » Wed Feb 05, 2020 7:01 am
blaster wrote:
Sun Aug 29, 2010 2:52 am
A box contains 4 red chips and 2 blue chips. If two chips are selected at random without replacement, what is the probability that the chips are different colors?

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P(different colors) = P(1st chip is red and 2nd chip is blue OR 1st chip is blue and 2nd chip is red)
= P(1st chip is red and 2nd chip is blue) + P(1st chip is blue and 2nd chip is red)
= P(1st chip is red) x P(2nd chip is blue) + P(1st chip is blue) x P(2nd chip is red)
= 4/6 x 2/5 + 2/6 x 4/5
= 8/30 + 8/30
= 16/30
= 8/15

Answer: B

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Re: probability

by Scott@TargetTestPrep » Sun Feb 09, 2020 5:25 am
blaster wrote:
Sun Aug 29, 2010 2:52 am
A box contains 4 red chips and 2 blue chips. If two chips are selected at random without replacement, what is the probability that the chips are different colors?

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To satisfy the requirement, we must obtain either R-B or B-R. Thus, we need to determine:

P(red) x P(blue) + P(blue) x R(red)

4/6 x 2/5 + 2/6 x 4/5 = 2/3 x 2/5 + 1/3 x 4/5 = 4/15 + 4/15 = 8/15.

Answer: 8/15

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