Answer:
1/15
Explanation:
Step 1 find probability of pulling 1 pink marble
Like stated previously probability = # of favorable outcomes / # of possible outcomes
The favorable outcomes is what we want to happen
We want to pull a pink marble and there are a total of 3 pink marbles
So # of favorable outcomes = 3
To find the # of possible outcomes we simply find the number of marbles. There are a total of ten marbles
So probability of pulling one pink marble = 3/10
Step 2 find the probability of pulling another pink marble ( IMPORTANT NOTE: It says to find the probability of pulling 2 pink marbles if the first one is NOT put back before the second pull. this meaning that we must subtract 1 from the total # of marbles and 1 from the total # of pink marbles )
3 - 1 = 2
10 - 1 = 9
So after the first pull there would be 2 pink marbles out of 9 total marbles
So the probability of pulling a pink marble on the second pull is 2/9
Finally we multiply the two probabilities together to find our answer
3/10 * 2/9 = 1/15