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A bag has 2 blue marbles, 3 red marbles, and 5 white marbles. Which events have a probability greater than 1/5? Check all that apply.
choosing 1 blue marble
choosing 1 red marble
choosing 1 red marble, not replacing it,
and then choosing a blue marble choosing 1 white marble, replacing it,
and choosing another white marble choosing 1 white marble

Answer 1

Probably the last two, cause there's so many white marbles and there's three red ones so like, you could probably pull a red so that your chance of getting blue in the last answer is higher

Answer 2

Answer:

choosing 1 red marble

; choosing 1 white marble, replacing it, and choosing another white marble

; and choosing 1 white marble

Step-by-step explanation:

There are 2+3+5 = 10 marbles.  The probability of choosing 1 blue marble is 2/10 = 1/5; this is not greater than 1/5.

The probability of choosing 1 red marble is 3/10; this is greater than 2/10, which is the same as 1/5.

The probability of choosing 1 red marble is 3/10; not replacing it and choosing a blue marble would then be a probability of 2/9.  Together this is a probability of 3/10(2/9) = 6/90 = 3/45; this is smaller than 9/45, which is the same as 1/5.

The probability of choosing 1 white marble is 5/10 = 1/2; replacing it and choosing another white marble would be 1/2.  Together this is a probability of 1/2(1/2) = 1/4; this is greater than 4/20, which is the same as 1/5.

The probability of choosing 1 white marble is 5/10 = 1/2.  This is greater than 2/10, which is the same as 1/5.

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