3. A gumball dispenser has 38 orange gumballs, 30 purple ones, and 18 yellow ones. The dispenser operates such that one penny delivers 1 gumball. a. Using three pennies, what is the probability of obtaining 3 gumballs in the order of orange, purple, orange? b. Using one penny, what is the probability of obtaining 1 gumball that is either purple or yellow? c. Using three pennies, what is the probability that of the 3 gumballs obtained, exactly 1 will be purple and 1 will be yellow?

3. A gumball dispenser has 38 orange gumballs, 30 purple ones, and 18 yellow ones. The dispenser operates such that one penny delivers 1 gumball. a. Using three pennies, what is the probability of obtaining 3 gumballs in the order of orange, purple, orange? b. Using one penny, what is the probability of obtaining 1 gumball that is either purple or yellow? c. Using three pennies, what is the probability that of the 3 gumballs obtained, exactly 1 will be purple and 1 will be yellow?

College Algebra (MindTap Course List)

12th Edition

ISBN:9781305652231

Author:R. David Gustafson, Jeff Hughes

Publisher:R. David Gustafson, Jeff Hughes

Chapter8: Sequences, Series, And Probability

Section8.CR: Chapter Review

Problem 80E

See similar textbooks

Similar questions

Find the probability of each event. Drawing 5 orange cubes from a bowl containing 5 orange cubes and 1 beige cubes
Show that the probability of drawing a club at random from a standard deck of 52 playing cards is the same as the probability of drawing the ace of hearts at random from a set of four cards consisting of the aces of hearts, diamonds, clubs, and spades.
You draw one card at random from a standard deck of 52 playing cards. What is the probability that the card is either an ace or a spade?
An unbalanced coin is weighted so that the probability of heads is 0.55. The coin is tossed ten times. (a) What is the probability of getting exactly 6 heads? (b) What is the probability of getting fewer than 3 heads?
In Pennsylvania’s Cash 5 game, a player chooses five different numbers from 1 to 43. If these five numbers match the five numbers drawn (in any order), the player wins (or shares) the top prize. What is the probability of winning the top prize when the player buys one ticket?
On a game show, a contestant is given the digits 3, 4, and 5 to arrange in the proper order to form the price of an appliance. If the contestant is correct, he or she wins the appliance. What is the probability of winning when the contestant knows that the price is at least $400?