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Explain how to solve the question over compound dependent events and explain how I got the answer.

Joe has 5 blue marbles, 4 green marbles, and 1 red marbles. He pulls one marble out without replacing it and then pulls out another. What is the probability that he will pull a blue marble then a red marble? (solve and expplain your answer, simplify the problem if it can be simplified)

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Joe has a 1/2 probability of pulling a blue marble and 1/10 probability of pulling a red marble. 5/10+1/10= 6/10
6/10=3/5 there’s a 3/5 probability of pulling a blue than red marble
(i’m not sure if i completely understood i’m am very sorry if it’s wrong.)
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