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Question 401570: A bag contains 5 black marbles, 4 red marbles, 6 green marbles, and 5 blue marbles. What is the probability of randomly selecting 2 consecutive blue marbles? Answer by stanbon(75887) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! A bag contains 5 black marbles, 4 red marbles, 6 green marbles, and 5 blue marbles. What is the probability of randomly selecting 2 consecutive blue marbles?
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# of ways to succeed: 5C2 = 10
# of possible outcomes: 20C2 = 190
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P(2 blue) = 10/190 = 1/19
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Cheers,
Stan H.
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