SOLUTION: A bag contains 8 red marbles, 5 blue marbles, 4 green marbles, and 7 yellow marbles. Five marbles are randomly drawn from the bag one at a time and not replaced. What is the probab

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Question 1027565: A bag contains 8 red marbles, 5 blue marbles, 4 green marbles, and 7 yellow marbles. Five marbles are randomly drawn from the bag one at a time and not replaced. What is the probability that the first three marbles drawn are red?
Answer by Boreal(15235) About Me  (Show Source):
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8 red marbles and 24 total
(8/24)(7/23)(6/22)=7/253=0.0277