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Question 1126240: Suppose an opaque jar contains 3 red marbles and 10 green marbles. The following exercise refers to the experiment of picking two marbles from the jar without replacing the first one.
What is the probability of getting a green marble first and a red marble second? Answer by rothauserc(4718) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! we have 13 marbles in the jar to start
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probability of getting a green marble first and a red marble second = (10/13) * (3/12) = (10/13) * (1/4) = 10/52 = 5/26
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