SOLUTION: Suppose you have a bag that contains 4 black, 3 green, 1 red, and 2 orange marbles. Find each probability. P(red, then orange when red is not replaced) Thanks this question i

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Question 118740: Suppose you have a bag that contains 4 black, 3 green, 1 red, and 2 orange marbles. Find each probability.
P(red, then orange when red is not replaced)
Thanks this question is hard, by the way P means probability.
Answer by Edwin McCravy(20056)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Suppose you have a bag that contains 4 black, 3 green, 1 red, and 2 orange marbles. Find each probability.
P(red, then orange when red is not replaced)
Thanks this question is hard, by the way P means probability
P(red 1st AND orange 2nd) = P(red 1st) x P(orange 2nd) =

x

cancel the 2 into the 10, getting 5 on the bottom:

         1
x
  5




Edwin
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