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Homework Statement



There is total of 300 balls in the basket, 30 of them is red (rest is white). If we picked up, randomly, 4 balls, what is the probability that all of them is red ?


2. The attempt at a solution

For one picked ball, probability that it's red is 30/300 = 1/10.
If picked ball is red, probability for next ball is 29/299,and so on, 28/298, 27/297.

Is that correct ? And, what next ?
 
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dperkovic said:

Homework Statement



There is total of 300 balls in the basket, 30 of them is red (rest is white). If we picked up, randomly, 4 balls, what is the probability that all of them is red ?


2. The attempt at a solution

For one picked ball, probability that it's red is 30/300 = 1/10.
If picked ball is red, probability for next ball is 29/299,and so on, 28/298, 27/297.

Is that correct ? And, what next ?


Yup, that's right so far.
In probability, what is the relationship with "And" events? :wink:
 


Maybe_Memorie said:
Yup, that's right so far.
In probability, what is the relationship with "And" events? :wink:

P(A and B) = P(A) x P(B) ?
 


dperkovic said:
P(A and B) = P(A) x P(B) ?

P(A and B) = P(A) x P(B after A) is correct,because this is depended events, is that true ?

If it is, the solution would be: 30/300 * 29/299 * 28/298 * 27/297.