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Question: 2019 Fall Midterm - 17

Author: Michiel Smid
In the game of Hearthstone, you are given a deck of 18 distinct cards. One of the cards is the Raven Idol. You choose a uniformly random hand of 3 cards. Define the event
  • A = "the hand of 3 cards contains the Raven Idol".
What is $\Pr(A)$?
(a)
4/19
(b)
3/18
(c)
3/17
(d)
$1 - (17/18)^3$