A bag contains 6 black marbles and 4 white marbles. Sally takes out a black marble and does not put it back. What is the probabi

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lity that the next marble she picks will also be black

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Neko [114] · Answer 1 · 2022-05-22T01:08:31+03:00

Neko [114]3 years ago

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Answer:

$\frac{5}{9}$

Step-by-step explanation:

$Total\ marbles=10\\\\Black=6\\\\White=4$

After removing one black marble:

$Total\ remaining\ marbles=9\\\\Remaining\ Black=5\\\\P(Black)=\frac{Remaining\ Black\ marbles}{Total\ remaining\ marbles}\\\\P(Black)=\frac{5}{9}$