document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=34742>Question 34742</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Two marbles are drawn without replacement from a box with 3 white, 2 green, 2 red, and 1 blue marble. What is the probability that both marbles are white? Please answer in fraction form. </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #21017 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=mukhopadhyay><B>mukhopadhyay(490)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-10.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=mukhopadhyay><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/nopicture.jpg><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=21017\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> N(S) is the number of possible ways from the entire sample space.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Two marbles drawn from a total of 8 marbles<BR>\n" );
document.write( "=> N(S) = C(8,2) = 8*7/2 = 28<BR>\n" );
document.write( "There are 28 all possible ways in which any two marbles can be drawn from the pool.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "N(E) = Number of ways so that both marbles are white.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "There are 3 white balls.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "N(E) = C(3,2) = 3*2/2 = 3<BR>\n" );
document.write( "There are 3 possible ways in which any two white marbles can be drawn from 3 white marbles.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Probability of drawing two white marbles = N(E)/N(S) = 3/28; </SPAN>\n" );
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