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MATH Hosted by ALEKS Corp 4.3 Homework Previous |-1 21 3 4 5|E|78910| Next Question 6 of 17 (1 point) View problem in a pop-up 4.3 Section Exercise A bag contains 7 red marbles, 8 white marbles, and 9 blue marbles. Randomly choose two marbles, one at a time, and without replacement. Find the following. Enter your answers as fractions or decimals rounded to three decimal places. Part 1 out of 3 The probability that the first marble is red and the second is blue. P (first red and second blue) NEXI

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The first marble drawn is red, and the second is blue

P(red) = 7/24
P(b after a red has been drawn) = 9/23,
2 blue still in the urn but only
10 marbles since you have
1 red in your hand.
Multiply 7/24 and 9/23 which equals 63/552 = 0.1141

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