A box has 20 pots of plants.
There are 5 pink pots, 9 blue pots and the remaining pots are green.

  1. ((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 ___

  2. ((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,
P(pink then blue)=520×919P(\text{pink then blue})=\frac{5}{20}\times\frac{9}{19}
P(blue then pink)=920×519P(\text{blue then pink})=\frac{9}{20}\times\frac{5}{19}

2. Add the two possible orders and simplify the fraction.

P(one pink and one blue)=520×919+920×519P(\text{one pink and one blue})=\frac{5}{20}\times\frac{9}{19}+\frac{9}{20}\times\frac{5}{19}
=45380+45380=\frac{45}{380}+\frac{45}{380}
=90380=938=\frac{90}{380}=\frac{9}{38}

Answer

310\dfrac{3}{10}

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 2020 pots.

Number of green pots:
20−5−9=620-5-9=6

Number of non-green pots:
5+9=145+9=14

2. Find the probability of getting exactly one green pot in three draws without replacement.

Only one pot is green means: 11 green and 22 non-green.

(61)(142)(203)\frac{\binom{6}{1}\binom{14}{2}}{\binom{20}{3}}

=6×911140=\frac{6\times 91}{1140}

=5461140=\frac{546}{1140}

3. Simplify the probability fraction.

5461140=273570=91190\frac{546}{1140}=\frac{273}{570}=\frac{91}{190}

Answer

273646\dfrac{273}{646}

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