SOLUTION: Suppose an opaque jar contains 4 red marbles and 10 green marbles. The following exercise refers to the experiment of picking two marbles from the jar without replacing the first o

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Question 1175514: Suppose an opaque jar contains 4 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?
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Suppose an opaque jar contains 4 red marbles and 10 green marbles. The following exercise refers
to the experiment of picking highlight%28randomly%29 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?
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    P = %284%2F24%29%2A%2810%2F23%29 = %281%2F6%29%2A%2810%2F23%29 = 10%2F138 = 5%2F69 = 0.072464 = 7.25%   (rounded)    ANSWER

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