A bag of marbles contains 8 red marbles and 6 yellow marbles. Two marbles are drawn out of the bag at random without replacement. What is the probability that two red marbles are drawn out? Be sure to represent your answer as a fraction in simplest form.

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prob(2reds) = (8/14)(7/13)
= ..

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A bag of marbles contains 8 red marbles and 6 yellow marbles. Two marbles are drawn out of the bag at random without replacement. What is the probability that two red marbles are drawn out? Be sure to represent your answer as a fraction in simplest form.

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prob(2reds) = (8/14)(7/13)
= ..

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prob(2reds) = (8/14)(7/13) = ..