A box has 1 red and 3 blue marbles. Two marble are selected at random (together, without replacement). Let R be the number of reds we get.

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Please help to solve this. Does this question use combinatorics? Since we are told that marbles are selected at random (together, without replacement). 


A box has 1 red and 3 blue marbles.
Two marble are selected at random (together, without replacement).
Let R be the number of reds we get.
Let B be the number of blues we get.
Compute Cov(R, B).

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