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Question 820923: Two marbles are drawn without replacement from a bag containing 16 marbles which 12 are green and 4 are yellow. find the probability the two marbles are the same color
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Hi,

Two marbles are drawn without replacement from a bag containing 16 marbles: 12 green and 4 yellow.

P(2 same color) = P(both green  0r both yellow) = %28%2812C2%29%284C0%29+%2B+%2812C0%29%284C2%29%29%2F16C2%29= (66+6)/120 = 72/120 = 3/5 = .60 0r 60%