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A bag contains 5 red marbles, 4 green marbles, 6 white marbles, and 5 black marbles. What is the probability of randomly drawing a red marble and then a green marble if the first marbled is replaced? Write your answer as a fraction in simplest form.

A bag contains 55 red marbles, 44 green marbles, 66 white marbles, and 55 black marbles. What is the probability of randomly drawing a red marble and then a green marble if the first marbled is replaced? Write your answer as a fraction in simplest form.

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Q. A bag contains 55 red marbles, 44 green marbles, 66 white marbles, and 55 black marbles. What is the probability of randomly drawing a red marble and then a green marble if the first marbled is replaced? Write your answer as a fraction in simplest form.
  1. Calculate Total Marbles: Calculate the total number of marbles in the bag.\newlineThe bag contains 55 red marbles, 44 green marbles, 66 white marbles, and 55 black marbles. To find the total, we add these numbers together.\newline55 (red) ++ 44 (green) ++ 66 (white) ++ 55 (black) 4411 4422 marbles.
  2. Probability of Red Marble: Determine the probability of drawing a red marble first.\newlineSince there are 55 red marbles out of 2020 total marbles, the probability of drawing a red marble is:\newlineProbability of red marble = Number of red marbles / Total number of marbles = 520\frac{5}{20}.\newlineWe can simplify this fraction to 14\frac{1}{4}.
  3. Marble Replacement: Since the first marble is replaced, the total number of marbles in the bag remains the same for the second draw. This means that the probability of drawing a green marble after replacing the first marble is still based on the original count of marbles.
  4. Probability of Green Marble: Determine the probability of drawing a green marble second. Since there are 44 green marbles out of the original 2020 marbles, the probability of drawing a green marble is: Probability of green marble =Number of green marblesTotal number of marbles=420= \frac{\text{Number of green marbles}}{\text{Total number of marbles}} = \frac{4}{20}. We can simplify this fraction to 15\frac{1}{5}.
  5. Combined Probability: Calculate the combined probability of drawing a red marble first and then a green marble after replacing the first marble.\newlineTo find the combined probability of two independent events, we multiply their probabilities together.\newlineCombined probability = Probability of red marble ×\times Probability of green marble = 14\frac{1}{4} ×\times 15\frac{1}{5} = 120\frac{1}{20}.

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