SOLUTION: A bag of M&M's contains 7 red, 8 blue, 10 b rown, 6 yellow and 4 green M&M's. Find the probability of drawing each without replacing the first. Show work and write the each probabi

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Question 727060: A bag of M&M's contains 7 red, 8 blue, 10 b rown, 6 yellow and 4 green M&M's. Find the probability of drawing each without replacing the first. Show work and write the each probability as a fraction in simplest form. (see below)
a) P(red/green)___ (I did 7/4)
b) P(blue/yellow)____ (I did 4/3)
c) P(red/red)_____ (I did 1)
d) P(brown/orange) ____ (I did 10/0)
Thank you.
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Answer by stanbon(75887) About Me  (Show Source):
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A bag of M&M's contains 7 red, 8 blue, 10 b rown, 6 yellow and 4 green M&M's. Find the probability of drawing each without replacing the first. Show work and write the each probability as a fraction in simplest form. (see below)
a) P(red/green)___ (4/34)
b) P(blue/yellow)____ (6/34)
c) P(red/red)_____ (6/34)
d) P(brown/orange) ____ (0/34)
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Cheers,
Stan H.
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Answer by lynnlo(4176) About Me  (Show Source):
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(1)(4/35)
(2)(6/35)
(3)(6/35)
(4)(0/35)
7RED,+8BLUE,+10BROWN,+6YELLOW,+4GREEN
7+8+10+6+4=
35 TOTAL IN BAGS