Question

In a bag of M&M's you have 8 reds, 10 browns, 6 yellows, and 6 greens. What is the probability of picking a red, then a brown, then a green, and then a yellow M&M?

Answer 1

This is called sampling without replacement ...

Explanation:

There is a starting sample size of 20 M&M's. After each color is chosen, the sample size will decrease by 1:

`P=(8/20)xx(10/19)xx(6/18)xx(6/17)=8/323~~0.025`

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