Jared has a bag that contains 8 blue marbles, 6 red marbles, and 10 green marbles. He selects a marble, replaces it in the bag, and then selects another marble. What is the probability that both marbles are green?

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Cara Jackson

30 April, 09:22

Jared has a bag that contains 8 blue marbles, 6 red marbles, and 10 green marbles. He selects a marble, replaces it in the bag, and then selects another marble. What is the probability that both marbles are green?

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Parks · Answer 1

8 blue, 6 red, 10 green ... total marbles = 24

P (green) = 10/24 reduces to 5/12

replaces the marble

P (green) = 10/24 reduces to 5/12

P (green, green) = 5/12 * 5/12 = 25/144 or 0.1736 or 17.36%