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Peter has a bag of marbles. In the bag are 4 white marbles, 2 blue marbles, and 6 green marbles. Peter randomly draws one marble, sets it aside, and then randomly draws another marble. What is the approximate probability of Peter drawing out two green marbles

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Answer:

0.2272727

Explanation:

The total number of marbles to begin with is 4 + 2 + 6 = 12

He draws 1 marble, which makes the total 11

He draws another marble, which makes the new total 10

6/12 * 5 / 11 = 30 / 132 = 1/2 * 5 / 11 = 5/22

I take it that the approximate probability is a decimal.

30/132 = 0.22727 ...

5/22 = 0.2272727 ....

The answers to the two fractions are the same and approximately the right answer of 5/22

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