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Suppose an opaque jar contains 3 red marbles and 10 green marbles. The following exercise refers to the experiment of picking two marbles from the jar without replacing the first one. What is the probability of getting a green marble first and a red marble second?
Suppose an opaque jar contains 3 red marbles and 10 green
marbles.
the experiment of picking two marbles from the jar without
replacing the first one.
the probability of getting a green marble first and a red marble second
using probability formulas,
probability = number of favorable events/total number of
events
ncr = n!/(n-r)!*r!
now,
probability of getting a green marble first = 10c1/13c1
10c1 = 10!/(10-1)!*1!
10c1 =10*9!/(9!)*1
10c1 = 10 similarly, 13c1 = 13
probability of getting a green marble first = 10c1/13c1 =
10/13
probability of getting a red marble second = 3c1 /12c1 = 3/12
probability of getting a red marble second = 1/4
the probability of getting a green marble first and a red marble
second = (10/13 )*(1/4)
the probability of getting a green marble first and a red marble
second = 5/26 = 0.1923
Answer:
the probability of getting a green marble first and a red marble
second = 5/26 = 0.1923