Suppose you have a jar with 20 marbles. 14 marbles are red, and 6 marbles are blue. You draw marbles one at a time from the jar, without replacing them. What is the probability of drawing a red marble, then a red marble, then a blue marble? Round your answer to at least 4 decimals.

Suppose you have a jar with 20 marbles. 14 marbles are red, and 6 marbles are blue. You draw marbles one at a time from the jar, without replacing them. What is the probability of drawing a red marble, then a red marble, then a blue marble? Round your answer to at least 4 decimals.

A First Course in Probability (10th Edition)

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Chapter1: Combinatorial Analysis

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