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A bag contains 4 black, 5 yellow and 6 green balls. Three balls are drawn at random from the bag. What is the probability that all of them are yellow?
Options:
A .  $MF#%\dfrac{2}{91}$MF#%
B .  $MF#%\dfrac{1}{81}$MF#%
C .  $MF#%\dfrac{1}{8}$MF#%
D .  $MF#%\dfrac{2}{81}$MF#%
Answer: Option A

Answer : Option A

Explanation :

Total number of balls = 4 + 5 + 6 = 15
Let S be the sample space.
n(S) = Total number of ways of drawing 3 balls out of 15 = 15C3
Let E = Event of drawing 3 balls, all of them are yellow.
n(E) = Number of ways of drawing 3 balls, all of them are yellow
= Number of ways of drawing 3 balls from the total 5 = 5C3
(∵ there are 5 yellow balls in the total balls)

$MF#%\text{P(E) = }\dfrac{\text{n(E)}}{\text{n(S)}}$MF#%

$MF#% = \dfrac{5_{C_3}}{15_{C_3}} = \dfrac{5_{C_2}}{15_{C_3}}$MF#% [∵ nCr = nC(n - r). So 5C3 = 5C2. Applying this for the ease of calculation]

$MF#%= \dfrac{\left(\dfrac{5 \times 4 }{2 \times1}\right)}{\left(\dfrac{15 \times 14 \times 13}{3 \times 2 \times1}\right)}
= \dfrac{5 \times 4}{\left(\dfrac{15 \times 14 \times 13}{3}\right)}
= \dfrac{5 \times 4}{5 \times 14 \times 13} = \dfrac{4}{14 \times 13} = \dfrac{2}{7 \times 13}
= \dfrac{2}{91}$MF#%



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