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A bag contains 8 red and 5 white balls. Three balls are drawn at random. Find the Probability that (a) All the three balls are white (b) All the three balls are red (c) One ball is red and two balls are white Select the correct answer from above options

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Given that: Number of red balls = 8 Number of white balls = 5 ∴ Total balls, n = 13 It is given that 3 balls are drawn at random ⇒ r = 3 ∴ n(S) = nCr = 13C3 (a) All the three balls are white We know that, Total white balls are = 5 (b) All the three balls are red We know that, Total red balls are = 8 (c) One ball is red and two balls are white We know that,

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