document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1088666>Question 1088666</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> A box contains 2 white and 3 blue identical marbles. If two marbles are picked at Random, one after the other, without replacement, What is the probability of picking two marbles of different colours? </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #702972 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=KMST><B>KMST(5328)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=KMST><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=KMST><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=702972\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> I can label those marbles so that I could tell them apart<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(B1, B2, B3, will be the blue ones; W4, W5 the white ones).<BR>\n" );
document.write( "There are <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=5%2A4%2F2=10 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"5%2A4%2F2=10\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > possible pairs of marbles<BR>\n" );
document.write( "that I will be able to distinguish from one another<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(representing <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=5%2A4=20 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"5%2A4=20\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > ordered pairs).<BR>\n" );
document.write( "There is only <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=1 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"1\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > of those pairs made of two white marbles,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "and there are only <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=3 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"3\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > of those pairs made of two blue marbles.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "That is <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=1%2B3=4 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"1%2B3=4\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > pairs with matching marbles (same color).<BR>\n" );
document.write( "The remaining <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=10-4=6 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"10-4=6\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > possible pairs of marbles<BR>\n" );
document.write( "are made up of two marbles of different colors.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "The possibility of that happening is <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=6%2F10=0.6=%2260%25%22 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"6%2F10=0.6=%2260%25%22\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > ,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "because 6 of the 10 possible pairs of marbles were not matching colors.  </SPAN>\n" );
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