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A bag contains 8 red marbles, 6 blue marbles and 7 green marbles. If two marbles are

drawn out of the bag, what is the probability, to the nearest 1000th, that both
marbles drawn will be red?

User Bergur
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Answer:.029

Step-by-step explanation:

The probability of the first being blue is 6/17, the second is 5/16 and the third is 4/15. Multiply these together to get the total probability:

6/17 x 5/16 x 4/15 = .029

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