Question

You choose a marble at random from a bag containing eight brown marbles, six yellow marbles, and one purple marble. You replace the marble and then choose again. Find P(both yellow).

2/25
4/25
8/225
12/225

Answer 1

Total of marbles in bag: 8 + 6 + 1 = 15
Number of yellow marbles: 6
Possibility of picking yellow marble: 6/16
Possibility of picking yellow again after replacing: 6/15
Possibility of picking two yellow marble in a row: 6/15 * 6/15

Answer 2

Now simplify

Answer 3

is it 4/25?

Answer 4

Yes