Please help! I am confused about this question and can not seem to get the answer. Thanks!

Question

1) You choose a marble at random from a bag containing eight brown marbles, seven yellow marbles, and one purple marble. You replace the marble and then choose again. Find P(brown then purple).
A) 1/32
B) 9/16
C) 2/32
D) 1/2

Answer 1

I count 16 marbles..

Pr(brown, purple w replacement)=8/16*1/16)
pr = 1/32

Answer 2

Thank you so much! At first I had that answer, but then I was told that was not correct. Thank you for clearing it up.

Answer 3

The answers to the Probability of Compound Events Quiz are:

1. 210
2. 6
3. 27,907,200
4. 3/4
5. 1/4
6. 5/8
7. 4/25
8. 1/32

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