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a jar contains 5 blue marbles, 7 yellow marble, and 8 green marbles. what is the probability of randomly choosing a blue marble, not replacing it, and then choosing a green marble​

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Answer:

10.526% or 0.10526

Explanation:

The probability of choosing a blue marble would be 5/20, or 0.25 and then the probability of choosing a green marble next would be 8/19, or about 0.421. Multiply these probabilities together to get your answer.

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