SOLUTION: 16 yellow marbles, 6 green marbles and 7 red marbles. What is the chance of drawing a yellow marble? If a yellow is drawn first and then a second marble is drawn without replacem

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Question 249204: 16 yellow marbles, 6 green marbles and 7 red marbles. What is the chance of drawing a yellow marble? If a yellow is drawn first and then a second marble is drawn without replacement, what is the probability of drawing a green marble?

Answer by richwmiller(9135) About Me  (Show Source):
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add up the total number of marbles
probability of drawing a yellow marble is the number of yellow marbles divided by total number of marbles.
subtract one from the total number and divide number of green by the new total number of marbles