Question

Now we're going to apply these same principles of

with/without replacement to a simple game with a bag
of marbles.
John chooses a marble without replacing it. He then
choose a second marble. In the bag, there are 8 red, 6
blue, 8 white, and 5 yellow. Find the probability for each
of the outcomes listed in the table.
Keep each answer in DECIMAL form, rounding to 3
decimal places.

Answer 1

In bold, see below

Explanation:

P(Red, Blue) means that there's an 8/27 chance of selecting a red marble, and then a 6/26 chance of selecting a blue marble after eliminating the red marble we just grabbed. Therefore, multiplying the probabilities, (8/27)(6/26) = 48/702 = 0.068 would be the probability of selecting a red marble followed by a blue without replacement.

P(Red, Red) means that there's an 8/27 chance of selecting a red marble, and then a 7/26 chance of selecting a red marble after eliminating the first red marble we just grabbed. Therefore, multiplying the probabilities, (8/27)(7/26) = 56/702 = 0.08 would be the probability of selecting a red marble followed by a red without replacement.

P(Blue, White) means that there's a 6/27 chance of selecting a blue marble, and then an 8/26 chance of selecting a white marble after eliminating the first blue marble we just grabbed. Therefore, multiplying the probabilities, (6/27)(8/26) = 48/702 = 0.068 would be the probability of selecting a blue marble followed by a white without replacement.

P(Yellow, Red) means that there's a 5/27 chance of selecting a yellow marble, and then an 8/26 chance of selecting a red marble after eliminating the first blue marble we just grabbed. Therefore, multiplying the probabilities, (5/27)(8/26) = 40/702 = 0.057 would be the probability of selecting a yellow marble followed by a red without replacement.