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A marble bag contained 2 red marbles, 3 blue marbles, and 5 yellow marbles. Marco drew a blue marble and did not replace it. What is the probability of drawing a blue marble next?

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Answer:

its 2/5 this guy was wrong i just did it

Explanation:

good luck :)

User Simon Halsey
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Answer:

2/9

Explanation:

To start out you have 3 blue marbles out of 10 marbles total. If 1 out of 3 blue marbles are drawn and not put back you are going to have 2 blue marbles left and 9 marbles total. This makes the probability of drawing another blue marble 2/9.

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