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Suppose a jar contains 14 red marbles and 31 blue marbles. If you reach in the jar and pull out 2 marbles at random at the same time, find the probability that both are red. Answer should be in fractional form.

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Answer:

P = 91/990

Explanation:

first red marble:
(14)/(45)

second red marble:
(13)/(44)

The probability


P=((14)/(45))((13)/(44) )=((14)(13))/((45)(44)) =(182)/(1980) =(91)/(990)

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