Question

A bag of colored paper clips contains 3 red clips

and 6 green clips. What's the probability of
pulling out a red clip and then a green clip?
(Assume that you don't put the first red paper
clip back in the bag.) Write your answer as a
fraction.

Answer 1

1/5

Explanation:

solution [ calculation of probability ]

P= (3/3+6) × (6/3+6-1)

=3/9×6/10

=1/5