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# Joe reaches into a bag containing 5 red,

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Joe reaches into a bag containing 5 red, [#permalink]  20 Oct 2017, 16:07
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Joe reaches into a bag containing 5 red, 4 blue, and 8 orange jellybeans, and randomly selects three jellybeans.

 Quantity A Quantity B The probability of selecting a red, then a blue, then an orange jellybean The probability of selecting a red, then another red, then an orange jellybean

A) Quantity A is greater.
B) Quantity B is greater.
C) The two quantities are equal.
D) The relationship cannot be determined from the information given.
[Reveal] Spoiler: OA

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Re: Joe reaches into a bag containing 5 red, [#permalink]  21 Oct 2017, 07:00
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I assumed that the jellybeans are extracted and then they are not put back in the bag.

Quantity A is $$\frac{5}{17}\frac{4}{16}\frac{8}{15}$$, while quantity B is $$\frac{5}{17}\frac{4}{16}\frac{8}{15}$$.

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Re: Joe reaches into a bag containing 5 red, [#permalink]  10 Oct 2018, 21:56
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# Joe reaches into a bag containing 5 red,

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