A bucket contains 5 green tennis balls, 2 yellow tennis balls, and 6 red tennis balls. Tony removes 3 tennis balls, with replacement, from the bucket shown.

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A bucket contains 5 green tennis balls, 2 yellow tennis balls, and 6 red tennis balls. Tony removes 3 tennis balls, with replacement, from the bucket shown.

What is the probability that the first tennis ball is yellow, the second tennis ball is green, and the third tennis ball is red? [answer1] (write a fraction use / )

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Answer 1

mathhelper answered
2 years ago

Prob(first yellow, 2nd green, 3rd red)

= (2/15)(5/15)(6/15)
= ....

make sure you reduce your fraction to lowest terms