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Juan says that the probability of picking two white marbles without replacing from a bag containing 3 solid white marbles and 5 striped marbles is equal to 1/64 is juan correct explain.

A-juan is correct the probability of drawing any marble is 1/8 and 1/8 ×1/8=1/64
B-juan is incorrect the probability of drawing a white marble is 3/8 and 3/8×3/8=9/64
C-juan is incorrect since one of the marbles is taken after the first draw 3/8×2/8=6/64=3/32
D-juan is incorrect the marble draw are not independent events.removing one marble affects probability for the next draw because the number of marbles in the sack decreases.

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It has to be B-Juan is incorrect the probability of drawing a white marble is 3/8 and 3/8x3/8=9/64
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C brecause he’s innocent
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