An urn contains seven red balls, seven white balls, and seven blue balls and a sample of five balls is drawn at random without replacement.    a. Compute the probability  that the sample contains four balls of one color and one of another color      b.  compute the probability that all of the balls in the sample space are the same color     c. Compute the probability that the sample contains at least one ball of each color

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An urn contains seven red balls, seven white balls, and seven blue balls and a sample of five balls is drawn at random without replacement. 

 

a. Compute the probability  that the sample contains four balls of one color and one of another color 

 

 

b.  compute the probability that all of the balls in the sample space are the same color

 

 

c. Compute the probability that the sample contains at least one ball of each color 

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