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Kurt, a painter, has 9 jars of paint: 4 are yellow 2 are red rest are
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11 Nov 2022, 05:10
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Kurt, a painter, has 9 jars of paint:
4 are yellow 2 are red rest are brown
Kurt will combine 3 jars of paint into a new container to make a new color, which he will name accordingly to the following conditions: Brun Y if the paint contains 2 jars of brown paint and no yellow Brun X if the paint contains 3 jars of brown paint Jaune X if the paint contains at least 2 jars of yellow Jaune Y if the paint contains exactly 1 jar of yellow What is the probability that the new color will be Jaune
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14 Nov 2022, 07:50
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As Jaune colour will be created as long as at least 1 of the 3 jars is yellow. Best way to solve is to find the possibility of getting zero yellow jars into in the mixture and subtracting that from 1.
1 - (5/9 * 4/8 * 3/7) = 1 - (5/42) = 37/42
Answer: B.
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