SOLUTION: Two marbles are drawn without replacement from a box with 3 white, 2 green, 2 red, and 1 blue. Find the probability that the second marble is red given the first marble is white.

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Question 736584: Two marbles are drawn without replacement from a box with 3 white, 2 green, 2 red, and 1 blue. Find the probability that the second marble is red given the first marble is white.
Answer by stanbon(75887)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Two marbles are drawn without replacement from a box with 3 white, 2 green, 2 red, and 1 blue. Find the probability that the second marble is red given the first marble is white.
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Once the white is gone there are 7 marbles remaining; 2 are red.
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Ans: 2/7
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Cheers,
Stan H.
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