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A bag contains 10 blue, 6 green, and 4 red marbles. You choose one marble. Without putting it back, you choose a second marble. What is the probability that you first choose a green marble and then a blue marble?

A bag contains 10 blue, 6 green, and 4 red marbles. You choose one marble. Without-example-1
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Answer:

P(green then blue) = 3/19

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User Mlevytskiy
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first:
red p:
4/20 cross multiply by x/100 that means:
20x= 400
x=20 thats the probability for red. fo the same thing for the rest. just do :
numberofcolor/totalmarblescross multiplied by x/ 100
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