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Question 820923: Two marbles are drawn without replacement from a bag containing 16 marbles which 12 are green and 4 are yellow. find the probability the two marbles are the same color
Answer by ewatrrr(24785)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
 
Hi,
Two marbles are drawn without replacement from a bag containing 16 marbles: 12 green and 4 yellow.
P(2 same color) = P(both green 0r both yellow) = = (66+6)/120 = 72/120 = 3/5 = .60 0r 60%
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