9709 P6 - Jun 2007 - 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.
- Find the probability that the three peppers are all different colours.
- Show that the probability that exactly 2 of the peppers taken are green is \(\frac{12}{55}\).
