THE RIGHT ANSWER (B)
3+4+2=93+4+2=9 is the total number of balls in the bag.
There are three white balls.
There are a total of nine ways to draw two balls: Combinations can be used to calculate this. Since the order in which the balls are drawn is irrelevant, we employ combinations.
The sum of all the ways is (92)=9!2!(9−2)!=9×82×1=36The sum of the ways is (29), which equals 2!(9-2)!9! = 2×19×8 = 3.
Number of favorable outcomes (drawing two white balls): (32)(23) gives the number of ways to choose two white balls out of the three in the bag.
How many ways are there to select two white balls? (32)=3!2!(3−2)!=3×22×1=3. There are 23 ways to choose two white balls, which is equal to 2!(3−2)!3! = 2×13×2 = 3
Finding the probability: The ratio of the number of favorable outcomes to the total number of outcomes is the probability of drawing two white balls.
Total number of outcomes = P(both white)3/36 = 1/12 is the number of favorable outcomes.
Therefore, there is a 1/2 chance that both balls drawn will be white.
THE RIGHT ANSWER (B)
3+4+2=93+4+2=9 is the total number of balls in the bag.
There are three white balls.
There are a total of nine ways to draw two balls: Combinations can be used to calculate this. Since the order in which the balls are drawn is irrelevant, we employ combinations.
The sum of all the ways is (92)=9!2!(9−2)!=9×82×1=36The sum of the ways is (29), which equals 2!(9-2)!9! = 2×19×8 = 3.
Number of favorable outcomes (drawing two white balls): (32)(23) gives the number of ways to choose two white balls out of the three in the bag.
How many ways are there to select two white balls? (32)=3!2!(3−2)!=3×22×1=3. There are 23 ways to choose two white balls, which is equal to 2!(3−2)!3! = 2×13×2 = 3
Finding the probability: The ratio of the number of favorable outcomes to the total number of outcomes is the probability of drawing two white balls.
Total number of outcomes = P(both white)3/36 = 1/12 is the number of favorable outcomes.
Therefore, there is a 1/2 chance that both balls drawn will be white.