Debbie and some of her friends are going rock climbing this weekend. In preparation, Debbie purchased 8 sports drinks to bring, including 6 lime flavored drinks. If Debbie randomly chooses to place 4 drinks in the red cooler, what is the probability that all of them are lime flavored? Write your answer as a decimal rounded to four decimal places. ____
Q. Debbie and some of her friends are going rock climbing this weekend. In preparation, Debbie purchased 8 sports drinks to bring, including 6 lime flavored drinks. If Debbie randomly chooses to place 4 drinks in the red cooler, what is the probability that all of them are lime flavored? Write your answer as a decimal rounded to four decimal places. ____
Calculate Total Combinations: First, figure out the total number of ways to choose 4 drinks out of 8. This is a combination problem, so we use the combination formula: C(n,k)=k!(n−k)!n!C(8,4)=(4!(8−4)!)8!=(4×3×2×1)(8×7×6×5)=70 ways.
Find Lime Drink Combinations: Next, find the number of ways to choose 4 lime drinks out of the 6 available.C(6,4)=4!(6−4)!6!=(2×1)(6×5)=15 ways.
Calculate Probability: Now, calculate the probability that all 4 drinks are lime flavored.Probability = Number of favorable outcomes / Total number of outcomesProbability = 7015
Convert to Decimal: Finally, convert the fraction to a decimal and round to four decimal places.Probability = 7015≈0.2143
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