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Manuel has a bag of marbles with 2 blue marbles, 1 white marbles, and 1 red marbles.Find the following probabilities of Manuel drawing the given marbles from the bag if the first marble(s) is(are) returned to the bag after they are drawn.a) a blue, then a red b) a red, then white c) a blue, then a blue, then a blue

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Explanation

We are given the following:

[tex]\begin{gathered} Bag=\begin{cases}{2\text{ }blue\text{ }marbles} \\ {1\text{ }white\text{ }marbles} \\ {1\text{ }red\text{ }marbles}\end{cases} \\ Total\text{ }marbles=2+1+1=4 \end{gathered}[/tex]

We are required to determine the following probabilities:

[tex]\begin{gathered} (a)\text{ }a\text{ }blue,\text{ }then\text{ }a\text{ }red \\ (b)\text{ }a\text{ }red,\text{ }then\text{ }white \\ (c)\text{ }a\text{ }blue,\text{ }then\text{ }a\text{ }blue,\text{ }then\text{ }a\text{ }blue \end{gathered}[/tex]

We know that probability is calculated as:

[tex]Prob.=\frac{Number\text{ }of\text{ }required\text{ }outcome}{Number\text{ }of\text{ }possible\text{ }or\text{ }total\text{ }outcome}=\frac{n(E)}{n(S)}[/tex]

For Question A:

We can determine the probability of a blue, then a red as:

[tex]\begin{gathered} P(blue\text{ }and\text{ }red)=P(Blue)\times P(Red) \\ =\frac{2}{4}\times\frac{1}{4}=\frac{2}{16}=\frac{1}{8} \\ \therefore P(blue\text{ }and\text{ }red)=\frac{1}{8} \end{gathered}[/tex]

For Question B:

We can determine the probability of a red, then white as:

[tex]\begin{gathered} P(red\text{ a}nd\text{ w}h\imaginaryI te)=P(Red)\times P(Wh\imaginaryI te) \\ =\frac{1}{4}\times{}\frac{1}{4}=\frac{1}{16} \\ \operatorname{\therefore}P(red\text{ a}nd\text{ w}h\imaginaryI te)=\frac{1}{16} \end{gathered}[/tex]

For Question C:

We can determine the probability of a blue, then blue, then blue as:

[tex]\begin{gathered} P(blue,blue,blue)=P(blue)\times P(blue)\times P(blue) \\ =\frac{2}{4}\times\frac{2}{4}\times\frac{2}{4}=\frac{1}{2}\times\frac{1}{2}\times\frac{1}{2}=\frac{1}{8} \\ \therefore P(blue,blue,blue)=\frac{1}{8} \end{gathered}[/tex]

Hence, the answers are:

[tex]\begin{gathered} (a)\text{ }P(blue\text{ }and\text{ }red)=\frac{1}{8} \\ \\ (b)\text{ }P(red\text{ a}nd\text{ w}h\mathrm{i}te)=\frac{1}{16} \\ \\ (c)\text{ }P(blue,blue,blue)=\frac{1}{8} \end{gathered}[/tex]