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Question 743969: a bag containing 9 blue tiles 6 green tiles 5 red tiles what is the probability of drawing a red tile followed by a blue tile if the first tile is not returned to the bag?
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Answer by tommyt3rd(5050) About Me  (Show Source):
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9 blue, 6 green, 5 red means total of 20 tiles
P%28red%29=5%2F20
Now only 19 tiles remain, but all blue tiles since we are looking at the situation where the first was red...
P%28blue%29=9%2F19
The probability of both events happening as described is their product:
P%28red+then+blue%29=%285%2F20%29%289%2F19%29=9%2F76