SOLUTION: Suppose a jar contains 5 red marbles and 33 blue marbles. If you reach in the jar and pull out 2 marbles at random, find the probability that both are red.

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Question 1050816: Suppose a jar contains 5 red marbles and 33 blue marbles. If you reach in the jar and pull out 2 marbles at random, find the probability that both are red.

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Suppose a jar contains 5 red marbles and 33 blue marbles. If you reach in the jar and pull out 2 marbles at random, find the probability that both are red.
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The 1st is 5/38
The 2nd is 4/37
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(5/38)*(4/37) = 10/703