Permutation and Combination

[pareekbharat86]

Each of 4 bags contains 25 blue disks, 25 green disks, 25 orange disks, 25 yellow disks, and nothing else. If one disk is chosen at random from each of the four bags, what is the probability that the number of blue disks chosen will be no less than 1 and no greater than 3?
a. 1/16
b. 41/128
c. 87/128
d. 225/256
e.255/256

OA is C

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[GMATGuruNY]

Each of 4 bags contains 25 blue disks, 25 green disks, 25 orange disks, 25 yellow disks, and nothing else. If one disk is chosen at random from each of the four bags, what is the probability that the number of blue disks chosen will be no less than 1 and no greater than 3?
a. 1/16
b. 41/128
c. 87/128
d. 225/256
e.255/256

OA is C
.

Here:
A GOOD outcome is selecting 1, 2, or 3 blue disks.
A BAD outcome is selecting no blue disks or 4 blue disks.

P(good outcome) = 1 - P(bad outcome).

In each bag, 1/4 of the disks are blue, while 3/4 are not blue.
P(4 non-blue disks) = 3/4 * 3/4 * 3/4 * 3/4 = 81/256.
P(4 blue disks) = 1/4 * 1/4 * 1/4 * 1/4 = 1/256.
Thus:
P(good outcome) = 1 - (81/256 + 1/256) = 174/256 = 87/128.

The correct answer is C.

[Mathsbuddy]

A = P(no blue) = (3/4)^4
B = P(4 blue) = (1/4)^4

P(A or B) = A + B

Also P(1, 2 or 3 blue) = P(Not A or B) = 1 - (A + B)

= 1 - (3/4)^4 - (1/4)^4

= (4^4 - 3^4 - 1^4)/(4^4)

= (256 - 81 - 1) /256

= 174/256 = 87/128

ANSWER C.