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S-CP.9 Warmup M2-071-A10-V04

Use permutations and combinations to compute probabilities of compound events and solve problems.

Find the probability of getting an exact category breakdown in an unordered selection

Problem

Count favorable groups by taking \(2~\text{of}~7~\text{yellow}\), \(1~\text{of}~5~\text{black}\), and \(1~\text{of}~3~\text{white}\), then divide by all \(4\text{-}\text{marble}\) groups from \(15\).

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Curriculum context
Course
Math II
Standard
S-CP.9
Category
Statistics and Probability
Domain
Conditional Probability and the Rules of Probability
Objective
Use permutations and combinations to compute probabilities of compound events and solve problems.
Problem type
Find the probability of getting an exact category breakdown in an unordered selection