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What is the probability of picking a green marble, then a blue marble if you do not put back the first marble in a jar full of 6 red, 4graan, 5 blue, 5 yellow marbles?

Asked by Bheaton, Last updated: Apr 10, 2024

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John Adney

John Adney

John Adney
John Adney

Answered Mar 28, 2017

1/20

You do 5/20=1/4 and 4/20=1/5 and get 1/20
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John Smith

John Smith

John Smith
John Smith

Answered Jan 11, 2017

1/19

Find the probability of picking green (4/20), then find the probability of picking blue (5/19). Remember there is one less marble in the jar. Finally multiply the probabilities and reduce to get 1/19
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