A small store has five units of a new phone model in stock: two white, two black, and one red. Three customers arrive at the shop to buy a unit each. Each one has a pre- determined choice of the colour and will not buy a unit of any other colour. All the three customers are equally likely to have chosen any of the three colours. What is the probability that the store will be able to satisfy all the three customers?
Explanation:
Number of white phones = 2 Number of black phones = 2 Number of red phones = 1 customer 1 will have 3 choices customer 2 will have 3 choices customer 3 will have 3 choices Hence total choices = 3 x 3 x 3 = 27 The cases not possible = BBB, RRR,WWW, RRB,RBR,BRR, RRW,RWR, WRR Possible cases = 18 Probability = 18/27 = 2/3
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