SOLUTION: You have a bag of 5 red balls, 3 yellow, 4 blue and 3 green. You draw a tile, replace it, and draw another. What is the probability you will draw a yellow on both draws?

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Question 1079715: You have a bag of 5 red balls, 3 yellow, 4 blue and 3 green. You draw a tile, replace it, and draw another. What is the probability you will draw a yellow on both draws?
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You have a bag of 5 red balls, 3 yellow, 4 blue and 3 green. You draw a tile, replace it, and draw another. What is the probability you will draw a yellow on both draws?
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3 yellow out of 15.
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1st draw is 3/15 = 1/5
If you don't put that one back,
2nd draw is 2/14 = 1/7
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(1/5)*(1/7) = 1/35