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a jar contains two red marbles, three green marbles, ten white marbles and no other marbles. two marbles are randomly drawn from this jar without replacement. what is the probability that these two marbles drawn will both be red? express your answer as a common fraction.

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.Therefore, the probability of drawing a second red marble = 1/14.Then, the probability of drawing two red marbles = (2/15) x (1/14) = 1/105.Hence, the probability that these two marbles drawn will both be red is 1/105.

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There are 2 red marbles. There are 3 green marbles. There are 10 white marbles. There are no other marbles. A probability is the number of desired outcomes divided by the total number of possible outcomes. It ranges from 0 to 1. A probability of 0 denotes that the event will never occur, while a probability of 1 indicates that the event will definitely occur. Therefore, the total number of marbles = 2 + 3 + 10 = 15.Let’s assume that the first marble that is drawn is red. The probability of this happening is 2/15.Let's suppose that the second marble is drawn, then the number of red marbles has decreased by 1, and the total number of marbles has decreased by 1

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