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June is making a necklace for her friend out of beads. There is a one jar containing 1 blue bead and 5 green beads, and another

jar containing 1 yellow bead and 3 brown beads. If she reaches in without looking and draws a bead from each jar, what is the
probability that she will draw one green bead and one brown bead?

User Vzupo
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Answer: answer is b. 5/8

Explanation:

User Narendra Rajput
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Answer:

The probability would be 5/8

Explanation:

The probablity of getting a green from jar #1 is 5/6

The probablity of getting a brown from jar #2 is 3/4

Multiple 5/6 and 3/4

It comes out to 15/24

Simplify to 5/8

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