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A bag contains 3 red, 7 white, and 4 black balls. If three balls are drawn from the bag, then find the probability that all of them are of the same color.

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The correct Answer is:
`(10)/(91)`

The required probability is
`(.^(3)C_(3) + .^(7)C_(3) + .^(4)C_(3))/(.^(14)C_(3)) = (1 + 35 + 4)/(14 xx 13 xx 2) = (40)/(14 xx 26) = (10)/(91)`
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