Question

Suppose you have a box with 3 blue marbles, 2 red marbles, and 4 yellow marbles. You are going to pull out one marble, record its color, remove it from the box and draw another marble. What is the probability of pulling out a red marble followed by a blue marble? The multiplication rule says to use P(red) P(blue).
Describe the probability of finding a red marble?
Describe the probability of finding a blue marble?
Describe the process of finding the probability of finding a red marble followed by a blue marble if the first marble was permanently removed?
What affect did removing the first marble from the box have on the problem?
Describe the probability of finding a red marble followed by the blue marble if the first marble is removed?

Answer 1

The probability of randomly getting first a red marble and then a blue marble is:

P = 0.083

How to find the probability?

There are:

• 3 blue marbles
• 2 red marbles
• 4 yellow marbles.

For a total of 9 marbles.

The probability of getting a red marble is equal to the quotient between the number of red marbles and the total, so:

P(red) = 2/9

Then the probability of getting a blue marble is equal to the quotient between the number of blue marbles and the total, but because we already took one marble, now the total is 8.

P(blue) = 3/8

The joint probability is given by the product:

P = (2/9)*(3/8) = 0.083

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