A bag contains 3 red marbles and 5 blue marbles. Find the probability of drawing a blue marble, keeping it, and drawing another blue marble. Write the probability as a fraction in simplest form.

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A bag contains 3 red marbles and 5 blue marbles.

Find the probability of drawing a blue marble,
keeping it, and drawing another blue marble. Write
the probability as a fraction in simplest form.

Mathematics
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The probability would be 5/16 for selecting a blue marble twice without putting it back.

Vikas Yadav answered Apr 24, 2022

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