Chapter 3: Q. 3.29 (page 99)

There are 15 tennis balls in a box, of which 9 have not previously been used. Three of the balls are randomly chosen, played with, and then returned to the box. Later, another 3 balls are randomly chosen from the box. Find the probability that none of these balls has ever been used.

Short Answer

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The likelihood is that none of these balls have ever been used is $.0893$

Step by step solution

Step1:Given data

Case $0$ : No used balls are drawn. $p_{0} = \frac{(\begin{matrix} 9 \\ 3 \end{matrix})}{(\begin{matrix} 15 \\ 3 \end{matrix})}$

Case $1 : 1$ used ball is drawn. $p_{1} = \frac{(\begin{matrix} 9 \\ 2 \end{matrix}) \cdot 6}{(\begin{matrix} 15 \\ 3 \end{matrix})}$

Case $2 : 2$ used balls are drawn. $p_{2} = \frac{9 \cdot (\begin{matrix} 6 \\ 2 \end{matrix})}{(\begin{matrix} 15 \\ 3 \end{matrix})}$

Case $3 : 3$ used balls are drawn. $p_{3} = \frac{(\begin{matrix} 6 \\ 3 \end{matrix})}{(\begin{matrix} 15 \\ 3 \end{matrix})}$

Step2:Three of the balls are chosen at random.

Case $0 : p_{0} = . 1846, 6$ new balls, $9$ used left over.

Case $1 : p_{1} = . 4747, 7$ new balls, $8$ used.

Case $2 : p_{2} = . 2967, 8$ new balls, $7$ used.

Case $3 : p 3 = . 044, 9$ new balls, $6$ used.

Another 3 ball is drawn at random from the box.

$p_{0} \frac{(\begin{matrix} 6 \\ 3 \end{matrix})}{(\begin{matrix} 15 \\ 3 \end{matrix})} + p_{1} \frac{(\begin{array}{l} 7 \\ 3 \end{array})}{(\begin{matrix} 15 \\ 3 \end{matrix})} + p_{2} \frac{(\begin{array}{l} 8 \\ 3 \end{array})}{(\begin{matrix} 15 \\ 3 \end{matrix})} + p_{3} \frac{(\begin{array}{l} 9 \\ 3 \end{array})}{(\begin{matrix} 15 \\ 3 \end{matrix})}$

We multiply each case's probability by the probability that no used balls are found in the second draw, and then add it all up.

Step4:It's possible that none of these balls have ever been used.

$.1846 \times .044 + .4747 \times .0769 + .2967 \times .1231 + .044 \times .1846 = .0893$

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There are 15 tennis balls in a box, of which 9 have not previously been used. Three of the balls are randomly chosen, played with, and then returned to the box. Later, another 3 balls are randomly chosen from the box. Find the probability that none of these balls has ever been used.

Short Answer

Step by step solution

Step1:Given data

Step2:Three of the balls are chosen at random.

Another 3 ball is drawn at random from the box.

Step4:It's possible that none of these balls have ever been used.

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