Question

Suppose you draw two marbles at random, one from each of two bags that each contain 10 white marbles (W), 10 black marbles (B), and 10 red marbles (R).

a. List all possible outcomes of this process (for example, RR, BW, and so on).

Answer 1

The possible outcomes of drawing two marbles, one from each bag, are WW, WB, WR, BW, BB, BR, RW, RB, and RR, with a total of 9 possible outcomes.

Step-by-step explanation:

The possible outcomes of drawing two marbles, one from each bag, are as follows:

• WW (white followed by white)
• WB (white followed by black)
• WR (white followed by red)
• BW (black followed by white)
• BB (black followed by black)
• BR (black followed by red)
• RW (red followed by white)
• RB (red followed by black)
• RR (red followed by red)

There are a total of 9 possible outcomes.