Ask a New Question

Question

There is a bag filled with 4 blue and 5 red marbles.
A marble is taken at random from the bag, the colour is noted and then it is replaced.
Another marble is taken at random.
What is the probability of getting at least 1 red?
3 years ago

Answers

R_scott
"at least 1 red" also means "not 2 blue"

p(not blue) = 5 / (4 + 5) = 5/9

p(at least 1 red) = 1 - (5/9)^2
3 years ago

Related Questions

Tom has a bag filled with 10 green balls, 5 red balls and 5 blue balls, what part on toms bag has gr... 1. If you are filled with anticipation about an event, you are (1 point) ***looking forward to i... if you have a jar filled with candy and every time you take one candy out you put the wrapper back i... I just filled my car with gas we can go 25 miles on 1 gallon of gas and you can hold 14 gallons if... A 2.00 L flask is filled with propane gas (C3H8)at 1.00 atm and -15.0 Degrees Celsius. What is the... A hot tub is filled with 410 gallons of water. If the hot tub heater provides 5900 kJ/min, how long... There is a bag filled with 4 blue, 3 red and 5 green marbles. A marble is taken at random from th... A box 2m by 4m by 8m is filled with cubes of volume 8cm cubed. If these cubes were lined up , how lo... She's only filled with an old blind wish. It isn't even hers but came to her in the rain or the s...
Ask a New Question
Archives Contact Us Privacy Policy Terms of Use