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What is the probability of picking a green marble, then a green marble if you do not put back the first marble?

There are 6 red, 4 green, 5 blue and 5 yellow marbles in a jar.

Asked by Bheaton, Last updated: Apr 15, 2024

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C. Perez

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Answered Mar 07, 2019

The correct answer is 3/95.
The probability of picking a green ball marble at first is 4/20 (total number of green marbles/ total number of marbles present).
Since the first green marble is not returned, the probability of picking another green marble 3/19
Multiply both results
4/20 * 3/19
= 12/380
= 3/95.

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John Smith

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Answered Oct 15, 2016

3/95

Find the probability of picking green (4/20), then find the probability of picking green again (3/19). Remember there is one less marble in the jar and that you assume the marble picked was green. Finally multiply the probabilities and reduce to get 3/95
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