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Study the information carefully to answer the following questions:

A bucket contains 8 red, 3 blue and 5 green marbles.

Question 154

If 2 marbles are drawn at random, what is the probability that both are green?

Solution

Number of ways of drawing 2 marbles out of 16

$$n(S) = C^{16}_2 = \frac{16 \times 15}{1 \times 2}$$

= $$120$$

Out of the two drawn marbles, both are green

=> $$n(E) = C^5_2 = \frac{5 \times 4}{1 \times 2}$$

= $$10$$

$$\therefore$$ Required probability = $$\frac{n(E)}{n(S)}$$

= $$\frac{10}{120} = \frac{1}{12}$$


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