Two red then two blue jellybeans
Question
A bag has red and blue jellybeans. A child pulls out four of them, one at a time and at random, without putting any back. What is the chance that the first two are red and the last two are blue?
Short answer
. Multiply the sequential probabilities: .
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- Counting and Combinatorics
- Continuous Random Variables and Probability Density Functions
- Cumulative Distribution Functions
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