Answer to Question #346043 in Statistics and Probability for JB Styles

Question #346043

(Probability Distribution)

  1. If one ball each is drawn from 3 boxes, the first containing 3 red, 2 yellow, and 1 blue, the second box contains 2 red, 2 yellow, and 2 blue, and the third box with 1 red, 4 yellow, and 3 blue. What is the probability that all 3 balls drawn are different colors?
  2. In a viral pool test it is known that in a group of five (5) people, exactly one (1) will test positive. If they are tested one by one in random order for confirmation, what is the probability that only two (2) tests are needed?
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Expert's answer
2022-06-01T13:52:34-0400

1.


"P(3\\ different)=P(RYB)+P(RBY)"




"+P(YRB)+P(YBR)+P(BYR)+P(BRY)"




"=\\dfrac{3}{6}(\\dfrac{2}{6})(\\dfrac{3}{8})+\\dfrac{3}{6}(\\dfrac{2}{6})(\\dfrac{4}{8})+\\dfrac{2}{6}(\\dfrac{2}{6})(\\dfrac{3}{8})"




"+\\dfrac{2}{6}(\\dfrac{2}{6})(\\dfrac{1}{8})+\\dfrac{1}{6}(\\dfrac{2}{6})(\\dfrac{1}{8})+\\dfrac{1}{6}(\\dfrac{2}{6})(\\dfrac{4}{8})"




"=\\dfrac{17}{72}"


2.

The first test must be negative


"P(Negative)=\\dfrac{5-1}{5}"

The second test must be positive


"P(Positive)=\\dfrac{1}{5-1}"

Then


"P(X=2)=P(1^{st}Negative, 2^{nd}Posirive)"

"=\\dfrac{5-1}{5}(\\dfrac{1}{5-1})=\\dfrac{1}{5}"


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