SOLUTION: A bag contains 6 purple marbles, 7 azure marbles and 10 orange marbles. What is the chance of drawing an azure marble? If an azure marble is drawn then placed back into the bag, an

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Question 408931: A bag contains 6 purple marbles, 7 azure marbles and 10 orange marbles. What is the chance of drawing an azure marble? If an azure marble is drawn then placed back into the bag, and a second marble is drawn, what is the probability of drawing a purple marble? Give solutions exactly in reduced fraction form, separated by a comma.
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Hi

 23 marbles, of which 6 are purple, 7 azure amd 10 orange.

P(drawing an azure) = 7/23

P(drawing purple after the azure drawn was 'put back' into the bag)= 6/23