A bag has 4 red marbles, 4 blue marbles, and 2 green marbles. Jessie draws a marble from the bag at random, notes the color, and then replaces the marble.She then draws a second marble at random.What is the probability that both the marbles are green?
a. 1/45
b. 1/25
c. 1/5
d. 2/5
please answer and explain
3 answers
2 greens out of 10 marbles, so: (B)
I don't understand . why answer b
2/10 = 1/5
2/10 = 1/5
yes, it's 1/5 for each marble. So, the chance of getting BOTH greens is 1/5 * 1/5 = 1/25