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Exercise 5

Avg difficulty 2.5

A ball is drawn randomly from a jar containing 12 red marbles, 8 white marbles, and 5 yellow marbles. Find the probability of:

  1. Drawing a red marble.

  2. Not drawing a white marble.

  3. Drawing a yellow or red marble.

  4. Drawing a blue marble.

  5. Drawing two red marbles if you draw with replacement.

  6. Drawing first a red marble then a yellow marble if marbles are drawn without replacement.

Lee et al., Math in Society, Probability — Chapter 4 Review, Exercise 5

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