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A bag contains 4 red marbles, 6 blue marbles and 2 green marbles. If two marbles are drawn out of the bag, what is the exact probability that both marbles drawn will be blue?
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A bag contains 4 red marbles, 6 blue marbles and 2 green marbles. If two marbles are

drawn out of the bag, what is the exact probability that both marbles drawn will be
blue?

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Answer:

1/2

Explanation:

The probability of both marbles being of color blue is :

blue marbles / total marbles , i.e. - 6/12

= 1/2

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