SOLUTION: A bag contains 3 blue stones, 5 red stones, and 2 white stones. What is the probability of picking a blue stone, keeping it and then picking a white stone?

Question 247729: A bag contains 3 blue stones, 5 red stones, and 2 white stones. What is the probability of picking a blue stone, keeping it and then picking a white stone?
Answer by stanbon(75887) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
A bag contains 3 blue stones, 5 red stones, and 2 white stones.
What is the probability of picking a blue stone, keeping it and then picking a white stone?
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(3/10)(2/9) = 2/30 = 1/15
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Cheers,
Stan H.
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