Question

Holy lord i cannot do this!!

a bag has 4 red marbles, 4 blue marbles, and 2 green marbles. jessie will randomly pick a marble.

a. if jessie randomly picks a marble, replaces that marble and then randomly picks a second marble, what is the probability that she picks a blue marble and then a green marble? write your answer as a fraction in simplest form. show your work.

b. if jessie picks a marble, keeps it, and then randomly picks a second marble, what is the probability that she picks a red marble and then a blue marble? write your answer as a fraction in simplest form. show your work.

Answer 1

The answer to a.) is 3/5

The answer to b.) is 4/5

Explanation:

First you add all the number of marbles together, then you take any of the number of marbles, make a fraction, then simplify.

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