Suppose you have a bag of 10 marbles numbered 1 through 10. Suppose marbles 1, 2, 3, and 4 are red, marbles 5 and 6 are blue, marbles 7, 8, and 9 are yellow, and marble 10 is black. How many ways are there to select 5 marbles out of the bag in which you select exactly 2 of the 4 red marbles and do not select the black marble?

Suppose you have a bag of 10 marbles numbered 1 through 10. Suppose marbles 1, 2, 3, and 4 are red, marbles 5 and 6 are blue, marbles 7, 8, and 9 are yellow, and marble 10 is black. How many ways are there to select 5 marbles out of the bag in which you select exactly 2 of the 4 red marbles and do not select the black marble?

A First Course in Probability (10th Edition)

10th Edition

ISBN:9780134753119

Author:Sheldon Ross

Publisher:Sheldon Ross

Chapter1: Combinatorial Analysis

Section: Chapter Questions

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