In a bag of marbles, there are 12 green, 12 blue, and one red. Find the probability for each situation as a decimal rounded to the nearest hundredth.  What are the chances you pull a blue or green on your first try without replacing them, then pull the red? What are the chances of pulling the red on either your first, second, or third try without replacing the marbles in-between?

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In a bag of marbles, there are 12 green, 12 blue, and one red. Find the probability for each situation as a decimal rounded to the nearest hundredth.

 What are the chances you pull a blue or green on your first try without replacing them, then pull the red?

What are the chances of pulling the red on either your first, second, or third try without replacing the marbles in-between?

 

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