These marbles are randomly put in a bag and two of them are randomly drawn.

2 yellow, 3 pink 5 blue

What is the probability of drawing two pink marbles if the first one is not placed back into before the second draw

Give your answer as a ratio, reduce to simplest terms

Hint: multiply the probability of the first event to the second event two get your answer

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Ryder Parrish

2 March, 20:41

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Rylan Avery · Answer 1

P (pink) = 3/10

P (2nd pink w/o replacement) = 2/9

both multiply them together 3/10 * 2/9 = 15/90 = 1/6