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The velvet bag contains 10 gold coins and 7 silver coins. A coin is randomly drawn from the bag and NOT replaced. Then a second coin is randomly drawn. What is the probability that both coins are gold?

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Answer:

45/136 or 0.3309

Explanation:

Total = 10 + 7 = 17

10/17 × 9/16

= 45/136

Or 0.3308823529

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