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Three faces of a fair die are yellow, two faces red and one blue. The die is tossed three times. Find the probabiliry that the colours yellow, red and blue appear In the 1 st and 2nd and the 3rd tosses respectively

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According to given condition,
P ( yellow at the first toss) `=3/6=1/2`
P (red at the second toss) `=2/6=1/3 `
and P (blue at the third toss) `=1/6`
Therefore, the probability of the required event `=1/2xx1/3xx1/6=1/36`
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