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document.write( "If I select a green marble then a white marble, what would be the correct  probability?<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "If I select a green marble then a white marble, what would be the correct probability?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "P(green then white without replacement) = (3/8)(5/7) = 15/56<BR>\n" );
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