Question

find the probability. write the fraction in lowest terms. a bag contains five red marbles and five blue marbles. another bag contains five green marbles and four yellow marbles. you randomly pick one marble from each bag. one marble is blue and one marble is yellow.

Answer 1

Answer: 2/9 chance

Explanation:

Bag one: 5 red and 5 blue = 10 total

Bag two: 5 green and 4 yellow = 9 total

Bag one: P(blue)

5/10 or 1/2 chance of picking blue

Bag two: P(yellow)

4/9 chance of picking yellow

Math:

1/2*4/9 = 4/18 or 2/9