document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1140284>Question 1140284</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> There are 4 yellow highlighters, 2 blue highlighters, and 3 purple highlighters in bag A. There are 2 white balls and 4 blue balls in bag B. A highlighter is randomly drawn from bag A, and then a ball is randomly drawn from bag B. What is the probability of drawing a highlighter and a ball that are the same color? What is the probability of drawing exactly one blue item? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "From the given information....<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "P(A yellow) = 4/9<BR>\n" );
document.write( "P(A blue) = 2/9<BR>\n" );
document.write( "P(A purple) = 3/9<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "P(B white) = 2/6<BR>\n" );
document.write( "P(B blue) = 4/6<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "(a) P(A and B same color) = P((A blue) AND (B blue))<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "(b) P(exactly one blue) = P((A blue) AND (B not blue) OR (A not blue) AND (B blue))<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "Plug in the given probabilities, using multiplication for AND and addition for OR. </SPAN>\n" );
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