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Question 1008131: A box contains 15 marbles. Five of the marbles are blue, six are green, and four are red. If 4 marbles are selected from the box one at a time, find the probability that they are all green if selection is with replacement. Answer by fractalier(6550) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! The probability of choosing one green is 6/15 or 0.4. To do this four times consecutively, the odds are (0.4)^4 = .0256 = 2.56%
