Caley has a bag that contains 9 blue marbles and 13 yellow marbles. She selects a marble at random, and then, without replacing the first one, selects another marble at random.

What is the probability that Caley selects a blue marble and then a yellow marble? Round your answer to the nearest percent.

P(blue and yellow) ≈ ______%

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Caley has a bag that contains 9 blue marbles and 13 yellow marbles. She selects a marble at random, and then, without replacing the first one, selects another marble at random.
 
What is the probability that Caley selects a blue marble and then a yellow marble? Round your answer to the nearest percent.
 
P(blue and yellow) ≈ ______%

misty1212 · Answer

HI!!

misty1212 · Answer

first one is blue 9 out of 22 or $\frac{9}{22}$

misty1212 · Answer

second one is yellow: there are 13 yellow and only 21 in the bag, since the first one is gone, so 13 out of 21 or $\frac{13}{21}$

misty1212 · Answer

multiply and find 
$$\frac{9}{22}\times \frac{13}{21}$$

misty1212 · Answer

http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=9%2F22*13%2F21 looks like a bit above $25\%$

anonymous · Answer

Round it to the nearest percent is that what it would come out to be?

anonymous · Answer

@misty1212

anonymous · Answer

Im sorry I am doing a test and I got to finish it and hopefully master it