Whenever Suzan sees a bag of marbles, she grabs a handful at random. She has seen a bag containing three red marbles, four green ones, three white ones, anc one purple one. She grabs five of them. Find the probability of the following event, expressing it as a fraction in lowest terms. She has two red ones and one of each of the other colors.

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Whenever Suzan sees a bag of marbles, she grabs a handful at random. She has seen a bag containing three red marbles, four green ones, three white ones, and
one purple one. She grabs five of them. Find the probability of the following event, expressing it as a fraction in lowest terms.
She has two red ones and one of each of the other colors.
Transcribed Image Text:Whenever Suzan sees a bag of marbles, she grabs a handful at random. She has seen a bag containing three red marbles, four green ones, three white ones, and one purple one. She grabs five of them. Find the probability of the following event, expressing it as a fraction in lowest terms. She has two red ones and one of each of the other colors.
Whenever Suzan sees a bag of marbles, she grabs a handful at random. She has seen a bag containing four red marbles, four green ones, three white ones, and
three purple ones. She grabs eight of them. Find the probability of the following event, expressing it as a fraction in lowest terms.
She has at least one green one.
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Transcribed Image Text:Whenever Suzan sees a bag of marbles, she grabs a handful at random. She has seen a bag containing four red marbles, four green ones, three white ones, and three purple ones. She grabs eight of them. Find the probability of the following event, expressing it as a fraction in lowest terms. She has at least one green one. Submit Answer
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