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June 2007 p6 q7
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A vegetable basket contains 12 peppers, of which 3 are red, 4 are green and 5 are yellow. Three peppers are taken, at random and without replacement, from the basket.

  1. Find the probability that the three peppers are all different colours.
  2. Show that the probability that exactly 2 of the peppers taken are green is \(\frac{12}{55}\).
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