An Urn Contains Five White, Three Red, and Four Black

question 143

Multiple Choice

An urn contains five white, three red, and four black balls. Three are drawn at random and not placed back into the urn. What is the probability that no ball is red?

• A) 0.7500
• B) 0.0156
• C) 0.2917
• D) 0.4219
• E) 0.3818

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