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There are 13 marbles in a bag. 9 are yellow and the rest are purple.

A marble is picked at random from the bag, replaced, and then a second marble is picked at random.
What fractions, in their simplest form, should go in the boxes marked A and B below?

There are 13 marbles in a bag. 9 are yellow and the rest are purple. A marble is picked-example-1
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The fraction that should go in Box A is 9/13,the fraction that should go in Box B is 4/13.

To determine the fractions that should go in the boxes marked A and B, we need to consider the given information.

We know that there are 13 marbles in total, with 9 of them being yellow and the rest being purple. This means that there are 4 purple marbles in the bag.

For Box A, we need to find the probability of picking a yellow marble on the first draw. Since there are 9 yellow marbles and a total of 13 marbles, the probability is:

Probability of picking a yellow marble on the first draw = Number of favorable outcomes / Total number of possible outcomes

Probability of picking a yellow marble on the first draw = 9 / 13

The fraction that should go in Box A is 9/13.

For Box B, we need to find the probability of picking a purple marble on the second draw, given that a yellow marble was picked and replaced on the first draw. Since the marbles are replaced after each draw, the probability remains the same.

The probability of picking a purple marble on the second draw is the same as the probability of picking a purple marble from the original set of marbles, which is:

Probability of picking a purple marble on the second draw = Number of purple marbles / Total number of marbles

Probability of picking a purple marble on the second draw = 4 / 13

The fraction that should go in Box B is 4/13.

Box A: 9/13

Box B: 4/13

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