Probability with Combinations – Use your knowledge of combinations to calculate the number

of possible outcomes for each event and each sample space. Use MATH>FRAC to give an exact
answer.

1. Four balls are chosen from a bag containing 4 white balls, 3 green balls, and 5 black
balls.

a) Find the probability of choosing 0, 1, 2, 3 or 4 black balls. Verify that the sum of these
probabilities is 1.
P13 black C
P o black Fa SEE
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P I black
1264 34 9 4
PLZ black Eat35that 19 94
54 1,02 1343

b) Find the probability of choosing 2 white balls and 2 black balls.

P 2W 2B 4 C2 562 4
12C 4 53
2. A carton contains 200 batteries, of which 5 are defective. If a random sample of 5
batteries is chosen, what is the probability that at least one of them is defective?

I P no defectivebatteries 1

0 120051
3. Free concert tickets are distributed to 4 students chosen at random from 8 juniors and 12
seniors in the school orchestra. What is the probability that the 4 tickets are received by:
a) 4 seniors? b) exactly 3 seniors?

333
c) no seniors? d)
4 sc
at least 1 senior?

Ha 1 82
4
994
e) at least 3 seniors?

answer b t answer a
495g
 4. Thirteen cards are dealt from a well shuffled deck. What is the probability of getting:
a) all red cards? b) 7 diamonds and 6 hearts?

10
3 3 1.6379 10 1391239 4.6372

c) 7 spades, 3 hearts and 3 clubs? d) at least 1 face card?

4 9811
175
0
2.2104 10 1
13441 3313
e) all face cards? f) all of the 12 face cards?
possibiettriards
0 there are
6.2991 10
only 12
5 3
face cards
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