Question

A bag contains 5 red beads, 3 green beads and 2 blue beads (10 total). If beads are picked from the bag without

replacement, what is the probability that two red beads will be selected?
Оа
0.5
b
0.25
0.9444
ООО
Ο
d
0.2222
0.125

Answer 1

2/9 or .22 repeating

Explanation:

P(red,red) =
`(5)/(10)` ·
`(4)/(9)` = 2/9 reduced form