In a bag there are 2 red marbles, 3 white marbles and 5 blue marbles. Once a marble is selected, it is NOT replaced. What is the

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Sergeeva-Olga [200]

2 years ago

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In a bag there are 2 red marbles, 3 white marbles and 5 blue marbles. Once a marble is selected, it is NOT replaced. What is the

value of probability of selecting a red marble given the first marble is white?

Mathematics

2 answers:

valina [46] · Answer 1 · 2022-06-16T17:21:39+03:00

valina [46]2 years ago

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3/9 or 1/2, in simplest form

mezya [45] · Answer 2 · 2022-06-16T19:48:54+03:00

2 Red marbles, 3 White marbles and 5 Blue marbles. You already selected a White marble so there are 9 marbles left and 2 are Red. So the probability of selecting a Red marble in the next draw is 2/9th's of the time.

Final answer: 2/9 or 0.222 rounded to the thousandths place.