A bottle contains 18 tablets of 6 aspirin, 4 tylenol and 8 advil. 6 tablets are randomly selected from the bottle. What is the probability that you select one tablet of each type (1 aspirin, 1 tylenol, 1 advil)?

A bottle contains 18 tablets of 6 aspirin, 4 tylenol and 8 advil. 6 tablets are randomly selected from the bottle. What is the probability that you select one tablet of each type (1 aspirin, 1 tylenol, 1 advil)?

A First Course in Probability (10th Edition)

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Chapter1: Combinatorial Analysis

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