+0  
 
0
362
1
avatar

I have a bag with 5 pennies and 6 nickels. I draw coins out one at a time at random. What is the probability that after  draws I have removed no more than 2 pennies from the bag?

 Jan 18, 2020
 #1
avatar
+1

 The cases are where we draw 4 pennies and 0 nickels, and 1 nickel and 3 pennies.  This leads to a probability of (6*5 + 18*10)/C(11,4) = 7/11.

 Jan 18, 2020

3 Online Users

avatar
avatar
avatar