A golfer's bag contains 24 golf balls, 18 of which are ProFlight brand and the other 6 are DistMax brand. Find the probability that he reaches in his bag and randomly selects 5 golf balls and 4 of them are ProFlights and the other 1 is DistMax.

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Brayden Thompson

9 October, 10:43

A golfer's bag contains 24 golf balls, 18 of which are ProFlight brand and the other 6 are DistMax brand. Find the probability that he reaches in his bag and randomly selects 5 golf balls and 4 of them are ProFlights and the other 1 is DistMax.

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Ivan · Answer 1

1. Assuming with replacement, the probability is 7.91%; or

2. Assuming without replacement, the probability is 8.64%

Step-by-step explanation:

Total number of golf balls = 24

Let Pr denotes probability, P denotes ProFlights, D denotes DistMax.

The probability of selecting 5 balls can be with or without replacement. Since the question is silent on this, the answers to the methods are provided as follows:

1. Assuming with replacement

Pr (4 P and 1 D) = (18/24) * (18/24) * (18/24) * (18/24) * (6/24)

= 0.75 * 0.75 * 0.75 * 0.75 * 0.25

= 0.0791 = 7.91%

2. Assuming without replacement

Here, we assume that 4 ProFlights are selected first before 1 DistMax is selected, and the probability is as follows:

Pr (4 P and 1 D) = (18/24) * (17/23) * (16/22) * (15/21) * (6/20)

= 0.7500 * 0.7391 * 0.7273 * 0.7143 * 0.3000

= 0.0864 = 8.64%

Therefore, the probability that he reaches in his bag and randomly selects 5 golf balls and 4 of them are ProFlights and the other 1 is DistMax is 7.91% assuming with replacement or 8.64% assuming without replacement.