document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=300242>Question 300242</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> A jar contains a red marble, a blue marble, and six green marbles. Tom draws one marble from the jar, and then Mary draws a marble from those remaining. If the probability that Tom draws the red marble and Mary draws the blue marble is 1/x,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "what is the value of x? </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #215529 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=Fombitz><B>Fombitz(32388)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=Fombitz><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/cgi-bin/show-face.mpl?user=Fombitz><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=215529\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> 1 R, 1 B, 6 G, 8 total<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Probability that Tom picks a red=1/8.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "0 R, 1 B, 6 G, 7 total<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Probability that Mary picks a blue=1/7. <BR>\n" );
document.write( "Both together, multiply the probabilities.<BR>\n" );
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