Suppose you pick a marble from the bag that contains six blue marbles and nine red marbles. You record the color, put the first marble back, and then you draw a second marble. What is the probability that both marbles drawn are red? A. 1/7 B. 12/35 C. 11/29 D. 17/29 E. 27/70

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Answer: [tex]B.\ \dfrac{12}{35}[/tex]

Step-by-step explanation:

Given : The bag that contains six blue marbles and nine red marbles.

Number of red marbles = 9

Total marbles = 6+9=15

Total outcomes : The number of combinations of drawing 2 balls from 15 :-

[tex]^{15}C_2=\dfrac{15!}{2!(15-2)!}=105[/tex]

Favorable outcomes : The number of combinations of drawing 2 red balls from 9 :-

[tex]^{9}C_2=\dfrac{9!}{2!(9-2)!}=36[/tex]

Now, the probability that both marbles drawn are red :

[tex]\dfrac{\text{favorable outcomes}}{\text{Total outcomes }}=\dfrac{36}{105}\\\\ =\dfrac{12}{35}[/tex] [divided numerator and denominator by 3]

hence, the required probability = [tex]\ \dfrac{12}{35}[/tex]

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