Question

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A bag contains 2 White marbles and 7 purple marbles. Two marbles are drawn at random. One marble is drawn and not replaced. Then a second marble is drawn.

A. What is the probability of selecting a purple marble and then a white marble?
B. What is the probability of selecting two white marbles?
C. Is there a greater chance of selecting two white marbles in a row or two purple marbles in a row. Show your work.

Answer 1

prob of selecting purple marb=7/9
prob of selecting white marb=2/9
purple is more like ly because ther is more