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A bag contains 4 blue marbles, 3 orange marbles, 4 pink marbles, and 2 green marbles. If 3 marbles are selected, what is the probability of picking 3 blue marbles?


There are \(\displaystyle C(13,3)=286\) to select 3 marbles. There are \(\displaystyle 4\) ways to select 3 blue from 4 blue. This gives the probability \(\displaystyle \frac{2}{143}\)

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\begin{question}A bag contains 4 blue marbles,  3 orange marbles,  4 pink marbles, and 2 green marbles. If 3 marbles are selected, what is the probability of picking 3 blue marbles?
    \soln{9cm}{There are $C(13,3)=286$ to select 3 marbles. There are $4$ ways to select 3 blue from 4 blue. This gives the probability $\frac{2}{143}$}

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<p> <p>There are  <img class="equation_image" title=" \displaystyle C(13,3)=286 " src="/equation_images/%20%5Cdisplaystyle%20C%2813%2C3%29%3D286%20" alt="LaTeX:  \displaystyle C(13,3)=286 " data-equation-content=" \displaystyle C(13,3)=286 " />  to select 3 marbles. There are  <img class="equation_image" title=" \displaystyle 4 " src="/equation_images/%20%5Cdisplaystyle%204%20" alt="LaTeX:  \displaystyle 4 " data-equation-content=" \displaystyle 4 " />  ways to select 3 blue from 4 blue. This gives the probability  <img class="equation_image" title=" \displaystyle \frac{2}{143} " src="/equation_images/%20%5Cdisplaystyle%20%5Cfrac%7B2%7D%7B143%7D%20" alt="LaTeX:  \displaystyle \frac{2}{143} " data-equation-content=" \displaystyle \frac{2}{143} " /> </p> </p>