A bag contains 10 marbles: 2 are green, 5 are red, and 3 are blue. Ivan chooses a marble at random, and without putting it back, chooses another one at random. What is the probability that the first marble is red and the second is blue? Write your answer as a fraction in simplest form.

Question

Evan Fox

Mathematics

29 July, 00:40

A bag contains 10 marbles: 2 are green, 5 are red, and 3 are blue. Ivan chooses a marble at random, and without putting it back, chooses another one at random. What is the probability that the first marble is red and the second is blue? Write your answer as a fraction in simplest form.

+5

Answers (1)

Know the Answer?

Russell Larsen · Answer 1

Ok if you think about it this way there is a total of ten, and you can turn any color combined with the total to make a fraction so 2/10 5/10 3/10. so at normal theres a 50% chance that ivan is going to pull out a red one, and a 30% chance of him pulling a blue. 6/10 probs or if you want to be technical about it its 60%