document.write( "Question 674277: To demonstrate probability, Mrs. McNamara had students draw marbles from a bag which contained 8 green marbles and 12 blue marbles. During the class, the bag was dropped, and 3 green marbles and 3 blue marbles were lost.\r
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document.write( "bag containing  marbles: 8 green marbles and 12 blue marbles
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document.write( "draw one
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document.write( "P(green) = 8/20 = 2/5  (28/70)
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document.write( "bag containing  marbles: 5 green marbles and 9 blue marbles
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document.write( "draw one
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document.write( "P(green) = 5/14   (25/70)
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document.write( "   25/70 < 28/70
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document.write( "As the fractional amount of green marbles decreases, there is less probability of drawing it
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