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by slimsohn » Fri Mar 09, 2007 12:30 pm
Hi, can someone help me with this problem- it seems simple, but I must be mistaken in my logic. Its from the Powerprep software Exam 2.

A certain basket contains 10 apples, 7 of which are red and 3 of which are green. If 3 different apples are to be selected at random from the basketbal, what is the probability that 2 of the apples selected will be red and 1 will be green?

A) 7/40
B) 7/20
C) 49/100
D) 21/40
E) 7/10

I thought it would just be 7/10 * 6/9 * 3/8, but thats wrong.
I'll post the answer after some discussion -- thanks.
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by gabriel » Fri Mar 09, 2007 2:05 pm
slimsohn wrote:Hi, can someone help me with this problem- it seems simple, but I must be mistaken in my logic. Its from the Powerprep software Exam 2.

A certain basket contains 10 apples, 7 of which are red and 3 of which are green. If 3 different apples are to be selected at random from the basketbal, what is the probability that 2 of the apples selected will be red and 1 will be green?

A) 7/40
B) 7/20
C) 49/100
D) 21/40
E) 7/10

I thought it would just be 7/10 * 6/9 * 3/8, but thats wrong.
I'll post the answer after some discussion -- thanks.
... the answer shuld be 7c2*3c1/10c3.... which boils down to 21/40... so the answer is d.....

its 3:30 (thats am ) in india so not posting the detailed solution...if any one needs it ... will do it 2morrow.. tc
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by Badri » Fri Mar 09, 2007 4:13 pm
Assuming that the balls are not replaced in the basket after drawing:
There are three ways the incident can happen:


----1st Ball----2ndBall----3rd Ball---Probability
(1) Red--------Red--------Green-----P1 = ( 7/10 )*( 6/9 )*( 3/8 )
(2) Red--------Green------Red-------P2 = ( 7/10 )*( 3/9 )*( 6/8 )
(3) Green------Red--------Red-------P3 = ( 3/10 )*( 7/9 )*( 6/8 )


Total probability is P1 + P2 + P3
= 3*( 7*6*3 )/( 10*9*8 )
= 21/40
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by Cybermusings » Tue Mar 27, 2007 3:07 am
I think it's pretty simple...Let's C if I am right!

7C2 * 3C1 / 10C3

= 21/40

= Choice D

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by mmslf75 » Sun Dec 20, 2009 9:21 am
Badri wrote:Assuming that the balls are not replaced in the basket after drawing:
There are three ways the incident can happen:


----1st Ball----2ndBall----3rd Ball---Probability
(1) Red--------Red--------Green-----P1 = ( 7/10 )*( 6/9 )*( 3/8 )
(2) Red--------Green------Red-------P2 = ( 7/10 )*( 3/9 )*( 6/8 )
(3) Green------Red--------Red-------P3 = ( 3/10 )*( 7/9 )*( 6/8 )


Total probability is P1 + P2 + P3
= 3*( 7*6*3 )/( 10*9*8 )
= 21/40
Should we consider,
6 aspects to this ? or just taht both REDs are same?
What am i missing here ?
R1 R2 G
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R1 G R2
R2 G R1
G R1 R2
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by papgust » Sun Dec 20, 2009 6:54 pm
I think we do not need to consider R1, R2 order here. Because a red ball is a red ball. You cannot distinguish 2 red balls.
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by mmslf75 » Tue Dec 22, 2009 9:41 am
papgust wrote:I think we do not need to consider R1, R2 order here. Because a red ball is a red ball. You cannot distinguish 2 red balls.
Aha !! May be that's coz we are not interested in "FIRST RED then GREEN" or vice versa..and that order is immaterial so long its RED colored

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by Testluv » Tue Dec 22, 2009 10:46 am
It is up to you whether or not you want to consider order. It doesn't matter, so long as you are consistent. gabriel and cybermusings treated the selections as simultaneous; badri considered order. Both approaches are correct. Personally, I like to treat these problems as simultaneous; pulling out one red ball after another without replacing them is the same thing as pulling out many red balls as a group at the same time, and you speed things up by not considering order.
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