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Exercise 1

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A ball is drawn randomly from a jar containing 6 red marbles, 2 white marbles, and 5 yellow marbles. Find the probability of:

  1. Drawing a white marble.

  2. Drawing a red marble.

  3. Drawing a green marble.

  4. Drawing two yellow marbles if you draw with replacement.

  5. Drawing first a red marble then a white marble if marbles are drawn without replacement.

Lee et al., Math in Society, §4.2 Theoretical Probability, Exercise 1

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