Question

There are 2 green marbles, 7 blue marbles, 3 white marbles, and 4 purple marbles in a bag. Once a marble is drawn, it is NOT replaced. Find the probability of white then purple P(white, purple). Write your answer as a simplified fraction.

Answer 1

P(a purple marble then a white marble) is 6/105 ⇒ 1st answer

Explanation:

* Lets explain how to solve the problem

- There are 2 green marbles

- There are 7 blue marbles

- There are 3 white marbles

- There are 4 purple marbles

- Once a marble is drawn, it is NOT replaced

- We need to find P(a purple marble then a white marble)

* At first lets find the total number of marbles by adding all color

∵ There are 2 green , 4 purple , 3 white and 7 blue

∴ The total number of marbles = 2 + 4 + 3 + 7 = 16

∴ There are 16 marbles in the bag

∵ Probability = number of events/number of all outcomes

∵ There are 4 purple marbles

∴ The probability of chosen a purple marble is P(purple) = 4/15

∵ Once a marble is drawn, it is NOT replaced

∴ The total number of marbles = 15 - 1 = 14 marbles

∵ The number of white marbles is 3

∴ The probability of chosen a white marble is P(white) = 3/14

∵ P(a purple marble then a white marble) = P(purple) . P(white)

∵ P(purple) = 4/15

∵ P(white) = 3/14

∴ P(a purple marble then a white marble) = (4/15)(3/14) = 6/105

* P(a purple marble then a white marble) is 6/105