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Question 245031: Two marbles are drawn from a bag containing 6 white, 4 red, and 6 green marbles. Find the probability of both marbles being white. Answer by stanbon(75887) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! Two marbles are drawn from a bag containing 6 white, 4 red, and 6 green marbles. Find the probability of both marbles being white.
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# of ways to select 2 white: 6C2 = 15
# of ways to select 2 of any color: 16C2 = 120
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Prob(selecting 2 white) = 15/120 = 3/24 = 1/8
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Stan H.
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