SOLUTION: A bag has green and yellow marbles. You pick two marbles from the bag without replacement. The probability that the first marble is yellow is 3/5, the probability of drawing 2 yell

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Question 600295: A bag has green and yellow marbles. You pick two marbles from the bag without replacement. The probability that the first marble is yellow is 3/5, the probability of drawing 2 yellow marbles is 12/35. Find the probability that the second marble is yellow.
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The probability that they are both yellow is the product of the probability that the first is yellow and the probability that the second is yellow. Divide by .

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