Question

A bag has 3 red marbles, 2 blue, 4 greens and 1 yellow. What is the probability of pulling a blue, putting it back

in the jar and then pull a green?
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Answer 1

Answer: 2/25

Step-by-step explanation: Since we are replacing the marbles, these two events are independent which means that the outcome of the first does not affect the outcome of the second.

First find the probability of selecting a blue marble.

There are 2 favorable outcomes, the blue marbles,

and 10 possible outcomes, all the marbles in the bag.

So the probability of selecting a blue marble is 2/10 or 1/5.

Always reduce when finding probability

Now we find the probability of selecting a green marble.

There are 4 green marbles and 10 total so the probability of

selecting a green marble is 4/10 or 2/5.

Now we multiply the probabilities.

So we have 1/5 x 2/5 or 2/25.