EASY PROBLEM!

Whenever Suzan sees a bag of marbles, she grabs a handful at random. She has seen a bag containing three red marbles, two green ones, five white ones, and two purple ones. She grabs five of them. Find the probability of the following event, expressing it as a fraction in lowest terms.

She has two red ones and one of each of the other colors.

I know that the N(S)=C(12,5) = 792 but im having trouble finding the N(E) im lost as to how to get those. Thank You!

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EASY PROBLEM!

Whenever Suzan sees a bag of marbles, she grabs a handful at random. She has seen a bag containing three red marbles, two green ones, five white ones, and two purple ones. She grabs five of them. Find the probability of the following event, expressing it as a fraction in lowest terms.

She has two red ones and one of each of the other colors.

I know that the N(S)=C(12,5) = 792 but im having trouble finding the N(E) im lost as to how to get those. Thank You!

anonymous · Answer

got it nvm thank you!