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Exercise 6

Avg difficulty 2.5

A ball is drawn randomly from a jar containing 18 black marbles, 4 purple marbles, and 9 blue marbles. Find the probability of:

  1. Drawing a black marble.

  2. Not drawing a purple marble.

  3. Drawing a blue or purple marble.

  4. Drawing a yellow marble.

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

  6. Drawing first a blue marble then a black marble if marbles are drawn without replacement.

Lee et al., Math in Society, Probability — Chapter 4 Review, Exercise 6

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