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A box contains 3 orange balls, 3 green balls and 2 blue balls. Three balls are drawn at random from the box without replacement. The probability of drawing 2 green balls an one blue ball is

A

`3/28`

B

`2/21`

C

`1/28`

D

`167/168`

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Probability of drawing 2 green balls and one blue ball
`=P_(G)cdotP_(G)cdotP_(B)+P_(B)cdotP_(G)cdotP_(G)+P_(G)cdotP_(B)cdotP_(G)`
`=3/8cdot2/7cdot2/6+2/8cdot3/7cdot2/6+3/8cdot2/7cdot2/6`
`=1/28+1/28+1/28=3/28`
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