Quantitative Aptitude Ques 1846
Question: A bag contains 6 red, 4 white and 8 blue balls. If three balls are drawn at random, the probability of getting one red, one white and one blue is
Options:
A) $ \frac{4}{5} $
B) $ \frac{18}{91} $
C) $ \frac{15}{78} $
D) $ \frac{4}{17} $
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Answer:
Correct Answer: C
Solution:
- Total number of outcome $ ={}^{18}C _3 $
Favourable cases $ ={}^{6}C _1\times {}^{4}C _1\times {}^{8}C _1 $
Probability $ =\frac{{}^{6}C _1\times {}^{4}C _1\times {}^{8}C _1}{{}^{18}C _3}=\frac{6\times 4\times 8}{\frac{18\times 17\times 16}{3\times 2\times 1}}=\frac{4}{17} $