Assume that two marbles are drawn without replacement from a box with 1 blue, 3 white, 2 green, and 2 red marbles. Find the probability that both marbles are red.

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RedDeckWins asked Dec 25, 2023

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Assume that two marbles are drawn without replacement from a box with 1 blue, 3 white, 2 green, and 2 red marbles. Find the probability that both marbles are red.

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$|\Omega|=8\cdot7=56\\|A|=2\cdot1=2\\\\P(A)=(2)/(56)=(1)/(28)$

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