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Find the probability of each event

A jar contains four black buttons and three
brown buttons. If four buttons are picked
at random, what is the probability that all
of them are black?


Sagot :

The probability that all of the buttons are black when four buttons are picked at random from a which jar contains four black buttons and three, is 1/35.

What is probability of an event?

Probability of an event is the ratio of number of favorable outcome to the total number of outcome of that event.

A jar contains four black buttons and three brown buttons. The total number of buttons is,

[tex]4+3=7[/tex]

The probability of picking a black button in the first attempt is,

[tex]P_1=\dfrac{4}{7}[/tex]

Now, there is total 6 buttons remain in which 3 are black buttons. Thus, the probability of picking black button in second attempt is,

[tex]P_2=\dfrac{3}{6}[/tex]

Similarly, for the third event,

[tex]P_3=\dfrac{2}{5}[/tex]

For the fourth event,

[tex]P_4=\dfrac{1}{4}[/tex]

The probability that all of them are black by the chain rule of probability,

[tex]P=\dfrac{4}{7}\times\dfrac{3}{6}\times\dfrac{2}{5}\times\dfrac{1}{4}\\P=\dfrac{1}{35}[/tex]

Thus, the probability that all of the buttons are black when four buttons are picked at random from a which jar contains four black buttons and three, is 1/35.

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