The total number of sweets is 52 (13 red + 13 blue + 13 green + 13 yellow). We need to find the probability of selecting exactly 3 red sweets out of 7.
Using combinations, the number of ways to choose 3 red sweets from 13 is given by:
\(\binom{13}{3}\)
The number of ways to choose the remaining 4 sweets from the 39 non-red sweets is:
\(\binom{39}{4}\)
The total number of ways to choose 7 sweets from 52 is:
\(\binom{52}{7}\)
Thus, the probability is:
\(\frac{\binom{13}{3} \times \binom{39}{4}}{\binom{52}{7}}\)
Calculating these values:
\(\binom{13}{3} = 286\)
\(\binom{39}{4} = 82,251\)
\(\binom{52}{7} = 133,784,560\)
Therefore, the probability is:
\(\frac{286 \times 82,251}{133,784,560} \approx 0.176\)