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A bag contains 12 hair bows: 5 red, 4 white and 3 blue. Jo Jo
reaches into the bag and randomly pulls out two bows without
replacement. What is the probability that those two bows are the
same color? Express your answer as a common fraction.

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Answer:

Step-by-step explanation:

The probability that two bows are the same color is 19 /66.

What is Probability?

The probability is defined as the likeliness of an event ot happen.

A bag contains total 12 hair bows..

The number of red bows is 5

The number of white bows is 4.

The number of blue bows is 3.

The ways of drawing two bows from 12 is ¹²C₂ = 66 ways

The ways in which 2 same color bows will be drawn is,

Either 2 red or 2 white or 2 blue

⁵C₂ + ⁴C₂ + ³C₂ = 10 + 6 + 3 = 19

The probability that those two bows are the same color is given by

= 19 /66

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