CAPE Pure Mathematics Unit 2 · May/June 2018 · Paper 1 · Question Q35
If marbles are chosen, without replacement, from a bag of 10 blue and 5 red marbles, then the probability of getting a red marble followed by 2 blue marbles is
- (A)
\frac{5}{15} \times \frac{10}{14} \times \frac{9}{13} - (B)
\frac{5}{15} + \frac{10}{14} + \frac{9}{13} - (C)
\frac{5}{15} + 2\left(\frac{10}{15}\right) - (D)
\frac{1}{5} \times \frac{2}{10}
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