A box has 20 pots of plants.
There are 5 pink pots, 9 blue pots and the remaining pots are green.
- ((i))
Two pots are taken from the box at random, without replacement.
Find, as a fraction in its simplest form, the probability that one pot is pink and the other is blue.Answer ___
- ((ii))
These two pots are returned to the box.
Three pots are taken from the box at random, without replacement.
Find, as a fraction in its simplest form, the probability that only one pot is green.Answer ___
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2 (b)((i))
1. Find the probability of drawing one pink and one blue in either order.
There are 5 pink pots and 9 blue pots out of 20 pots.
Since the pots are taken without replacement,
2. Add the two possible orders and simplify the fraction.
2 (b)((ii))
1. Find the numbers of green and non-green pots in the full box.
Since the two pots are returned, the box again has pots.
Number of green pots:
Number of non-green pots:
2. Find the probability of getting exactly one green pot in three draws without replacement.
Only one pot is green means: green and non-green.
3. Simplify the probability fraction.
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