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Ken has 10 red marbles 12 green marbles8 blue marbles 16 yellow marbles in bag

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Final answer:

The probability that Mark draws a yellow marble and then a green marble is 1/9.

Step-by-step explanation:

To find the probability that Mark draws a yellow marble and then a green marble, we first need to find the total number of marbles in the bag. The bag contains 4 green marbles, 3 red marbles, and 2 yellow marbles, so the total number of marbles is 4 + 3 + 2 = 9.

Since Mark draws without replacement, the probability of drawing a yellow marble first is 2/9. After drawing a yellow marble, there are now 1 yellow marble and 8 total marbles left in the bag, so the probability of drawing a green marble second is 4/8, or 1/2.

To find the overall probability, we multiply the probabilities of the individual events. Therefore, the probability that Mark draws a yellow marble and then a green marble is (2/9) * (1/2) = 1/9.

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