document.write( "Question 1115170: whenever Suzan sees a bag of marbles, she grabs a handful at random. She has seen a bag containing four red marbles, two green ones, three white ones, and one purple one. She grabs eight of them. Find the probability of the following event, expressing it as a fraction in lowest terms.
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document.write( "In all, there are 4 + 2 + 3 + 1 = 10 marbles.\r\n" );
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document.write( "In how many ways can you select 8 marbles of 10 ?  - In  \"C%5B10%5D%5E8\" = \"%2810%2A9%29%2F%281%2A2%29\" = 45 ways.\r\n" );
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document.write( "How many of these combinations do not include the two green marbles ?  - Only one combination.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Therefore, the probability under the question is  \"1%2F45\".\r\n" );
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