Question

There is a bag filled with 4 blue and 5 red marbles. A marble is taken at random fròm the bag,the colour is noted and then is replaced. Another marble is taken at random. What is the probability of getting 2 blues

Answer 1

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Answer:

1/6

Explanation:

The first probability of getting blue is 4 out of the total marbles so 4/9.

The second time there are only 3 blue marbles out of 8 now so 3/8.

So the answer is 4/9X3/8

which equals 12/72 or 1/6

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