Box A has 4 green marbles and 5 red marbles. Box Bhas 3 green marbles and 2 red marbles. A marble is selected at random from box Band is put into box A.Then a marble is selected at random from box A. a. Find the probability that the marble selected from box Ais green. b. Find the probability that the marble selected from box Bis green, given that the marble selected from box A is green.

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Box A has 4 green marbles and 5 red marbles. Box Bhas 3 green marbles and 2 red marbles. A marble is selected at random from box Band is put into box A.Then a marble is selected at random from box A.

a. Find the probability that the marble selected from box Ais green.

b. Find the probability that the marble selected from box Bis green, given that the marble selected from box A is green.

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