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An urn contains 4 pink marbles and 4 green marbles. Two marbles are drawn at random. What is the probability that the first one is pink and the second one is green if the marbles are drawn with replacement?

Im getting 6/8, but the computer tells me it's wrong. Why?
 Feb 10, 2014
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For the first pick, there are 8 marbles, four of each color, meaning that there is a 50/50 chance of getting either one. The second pull is the same as the first (because there is replacement) meaning both of the pulls have a 1 in 2 chance of happening. You multiply both results because they need to coincide. This gives you a 1 in 4 chance of this happening.
 Feb 10, 2014

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