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Applying Probability Rules

Question 8 • AZ-Common Core Algebra II A

A bag contains 10 red marbles, 15 yellow marbles, 5 green marbles, and 20 blue marbles. Five marbles are drawn from the bag.What is the approximate probability that exactly two of the five are blue?

Answer
1
1%
4
4%
3
36%
4
40%

Explanation

There are 20 blue marbles and 30 non-blue marbles among 50 total. The number of ways to draw exactly two blue marbles and three non-blue marbles is C(20,2) × C(30,3) = 771,400; the number of ways to draw any five marbles is C(50,5) = 2,118,760. Dividing gives about 0.364, or 36%, so the approximate probability is 36%.

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