2018 AMC 10B Problems/Problem 6

A box contains $5$ chips, numbered $1$ , $2$ , $3$ , $4$ , and $5$ . Chips are drawn randomly one at a time without replacement until the sum of the values drawn exceeds $4$ . What is the probability that $3$ draws are required?

$\textbf{(A)} \frac{1}{15} \qquad \textbf{(B)} \frac{1}{10} \qquad \textbf{(C)} \frac{1}{6} \qquad \textbf{(D)} \frac{1}{5} \qquad \textbf{(E)} \frac{1}{4}$

Solution 1

Notice that the only two ways such that more than $2$ draws are required are $1,2$ , $1,3$ , $2,1$ , and $3,1$ . Notice that each of those cases has a $\frac{1}{5} \cdot \frac{1}{4}$ chance, so the answer is $\frac{1}{5} \cdot \frac{1}{4} \cdot 4 = \frac{1}{5}$ , or $\boxed{D}$ .

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2018 AMC 10B Problems/Problem 6

Solution 1