SOLUTION: 2 marbles are drawn without replacement from a box with 3 white, 2 green, 2 red, and 1 blue marble. Find the probability. 1marble is white and 1 marble is blue

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Question 1061432: 2 marbles are drawn without replacement from a box with 3 white, 2 green, 2 red, and 1 blue marble. Find the probability. 1marble is white and 1 marble is blue
Found 2 solutions by Boreal, stanbon:
Answer by Boreal(15235) About Me  (Show Source):
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product of W then B is 3/8*1/7=3/56
product of B then W is 1/8*3/7=3/56
it is 6/56 or 3/28.

Answer by stanbon(75887) About Me  (Show Source):
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2 marbles are drawn without replacement from a box with 3 white, 2 green, 2 red, and 1 blue marble. Find the probability. 1 marble is white and 1 marble is blue
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P(1 white AND 1 blue) = (3/8)(1/7) = 3/56
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Cheers,
Stan H.
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