SOLUTION: a jar contains 6 red marbles. 5 blue marbles, and 9 green marbles. what is the probability of randomly choosing a blue marble and then another blue marble if the first marble is no

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Question 1161582: a jar contains 6 red marbles. 5 blue marbles, and 9 green marbles. what is the probability of randomly choosing a blue marble and then another blue marble if the first marble is not replaced?
Answer by ikleyn(52781) About Me  (Show Source):
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In all, there are 6+5+9 = 20 marbles.


The probability under the problem's question is  P = %285%2F20%29%2A%284%2F19%29 = 1%2F19 = 0.052632.    ANSWER


The formula is self-explanatory.

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