Question

Francisco is playing a game with 3 green, 2 yellow, 4 red, and 3 black marbles in a bag. He has calculated the probability of drawing a yellow marble, not replacing it, and then drawing a red marble. Explain the error in his solution.

(StartFraction 2 over 12 EndFraction) (StartFraction 4 over 12 EndFraction) = StartFraction 8 over 144 EndFraction

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Answer 1

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Answer 2

The probability is not 4/12 for the red marble, but 4/11

Explanation:

Francisco calculated to probability of drawing a yellow marble correctly, but since he isn't replacing it, the amount of marbles in the bag is not 12, but 11. Since there are 4 red marbles, the probability is 4/11