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A bag contains 9 blue marbles and 1 green marble. What is the probability of drawing a blue marble followed by a green marble, without replacing the first marble before drawing the second marble? Is the answer 1/9?

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You're right the answer is 1/9
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wouldn't it be 8/1 unless you pulled the green one on the first draw.
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