Furnell has a bag of marbles with 5 blue marbles, 4 white marbles, and 1 red marbles. Find the following probabilities of Furnell drawing the given marbles from the bag if the first marble(s) is (are) not returned to the bag after they are drawn. (Give your answer as a reduced fraction) a) A Blue, then a red = b) A red, then a white = c) A Blue, then a Blue, then a Blue =

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Section12.3: Conditional Probability; Independent Events; Bayes' Theorem
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Furnell has a bag of marbles with 5 blue marbles, 4 white marbles,
and 1 red marbles.
Find the following probabilities of Furnell drawing the given
marbles from the bag if the first marble(s) is (are) not returned to
the bag after they are drawn. (Give your answer as a reduced
fraction)
a) A Blue, then a red =
b) A red, then a white
c) A Blue, then a Blue, then a Blue
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Transcribed Image Text:Furnell has a bag of marbles with 5 blue marbles, 4 white marbles, and 1 red marbles. Find the following probabilities of Furnell drawing the given marbles from the bag if the first marble(s) is (are) not returned to the bag after they are drawn. (Give your answer as a reduced fraction) a) A Blue, then a red = b) A red, then a white c) A Blue, then a Blue, then a Blue Submit Question =
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From the provided information,

A bag contain 5 blue, 4 white and 1 red marbles.

Total marbles = 5 + 4 + 1 = 10

 

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