SOLUTION: 3. You have a bag containing 4 pieces of red candy, 2 pieces of green candy, and 3 pieces of blue candy. If you reach into the bag 4 times and pull out a piece of candy, look at it
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Question 354522: 3. You have a bag containing 4 pieces of red candy, 2 pieces of green candy, and 3 pieces of blue candy. If you reach into the bag 4 times and pull out a piece of candy, look at it , and replace it what is the probility that you'll get a green piece of candy each time?
You can put this solution on YOUR website! There are nine total pieces of candy of which 2 are green. So the odds of picking a green candy are 2 in 9 or 2/9.
Since you replace the candy after each pick, the odds on the next pick are still 2/9
So since you pick 3 times, the odds are
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8 chance in 729 that you pick the green one three times in a row. Not great odds
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