Practicing Success

Target Exam

CUET

Subject

-- Mathematics - Section B1

Chapter

Probability

Question:

An urn contains nine balls of which three are red, four are blue and two are green. Three balls are drawn at random without replacement from the urn. The probability that the three balls have different colour is

Options:

\(\frac{1}{3}\)

\(\frac{2}{7}\)

\(\frac{1}{21}\)

\(\frac{2}{23}\)

Correct Answer:

\(\frac{2}{7}\)

Explanation:

Required probability \(=\frac{^{2}C_{1}\times ^{4}C_{1}\times ^{2}C_{1}}{^{9}C_{3}}\)