A bag contains 4 red marbles, 6 blue and 5 green. If you select 4 marbles at random. What is the expected number of blue marbles will you get?

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A bag contains 4 red marbles, 6 blue and 5
green. If you select 4 marbles at random.
What is the expected number of blue marbles
will you get?
Transcribed Image Text:A bag contains 4 red marbles, 6 blue and 5 green. If you select 4 marbles at random. What is the expected number of blue marbles will you get?
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