A bag contains 8 red marbles, 4 blue marbles and 2 green marbles. If two marbles are drawn out of the bag, what is the exact probability that both marbles drawn will be red?

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Alexkovelsky asked Sep 7, 2023

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A bag contains 8 red marbles, 4 blue marbles and 2 green marbles. If two marbles are

drawn out of the bag, what is the exact probability that both marbles drawn will be
red?

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Explanation:

8 red

4 blue

2 green

14 marbles

pr(red) = 2/8

= 1/4

=0.25

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