Homework Help: Stats

Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, July 10, 2012 at 6:34pm.

You are asked to draw THREE coins from a jar one at a time without replacement. The jar contains FIVE dimes, TEN pennies, and EIGHT quarters.

(a) What is the probability that all three coins are pennies?

Stats - Reiny, Tuesday, July 10, 2012 at 6:49pm
prob(PPP) = (10/23)(9/22)(8/21) = 120/1771

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