I need help to understand why my answer is incorrect to this problem when i use combinations. There is a total of 9C2 combinations which are 36. To get 2 of the same color, there are 2 green combinations, 1 red and 1 yellow. Therefore, answer would be (2+1+1)/36 = 4/36= 2/9.
Plz let me know what im doing wrong here.
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Hi karim.nazmy,
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You're on the right track:karim.nazmy wrote:I need help to understand why my answer is incorrect to this problem when i use combinations. There is a total of 9C2 combinations which are 36. To get 2 of the same color, there are 2 green combinations, 1 red and 1 yellow. Therefore, answer would be (2+1+1)/36 = 4/36= 2/9.
Plz let me know what im doing wrong here.
https://www.gmatprepnow.com/module/gmat- ... /video/762
Green pairs: (4 choose 2) = 6
Red pairs: (3 choose 2) = 3
Yellow pairs: (2 choose 2) = 1
so there are 6 + 3 + 1 = 10 valid pairs.
There are also (9 choose 2) = 36 total pairs.
That makes our probability 10/36, or 5/18.