A bag contains 5 red marbles, 4 green marbles, 6 white marbles, and 5 black marbles. What is the probability of randomly drawing a red marble and then a green marble if the first marbled is replaced? Write your answer as a fraction in simplest form.
Q. A bag contains 5 red marbles, 4 green marbles, 6 white marbles, and 5 black marbles. What is the probability of randomly drawing a red marble and then a green marble if the first marbled is replaced? Write your answer as a fraction in simplest form.
Calculate Total Marbles: Calculate the total number of marbles in the bag.The bag contains 5 red marbles, 4 green marbles, 6 white marbles, and 5 black marbles. To find the total, we add these numbers together.5 (red) +4 (green) +6 (white) +5 (black) 4142 marbles.
Probability of Red Marble: Determine the probability of drawing a red marble first.Since there are 5 red marbles out of 20 total marbles, the probability of drawing a red marble is:Probability of red marble = Number of red marbles / Total number of marbles = 205.We can simplify this fraction to 41.
Marble Replacement: Since the first marble is replaced, the total number of marbles in the bag remains the same for the second draw. This means that the probability of drawing a green marble after replacing the first marble is still based on the original count of marbles.
Probability of Green Marble: Determine the probability of drawing a green marble second. Since there are 4 green marbles out of the original 20 marbles, the probability of drawing a green marble is: Probability of green marble =Total number of marblesNumber of green marbles=204. We can simplify this fraction to 51.
Combined Probability: Calculate the combined probability of drawing a red marble first and then a green marble after replacing the first marble.To find the combined probability of two independent events, we multiply their probabilities together.Combined probability = Probability of red marble × Probability of green marble = 41×51 = 201.
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