A Bag Contains 10 White, 12 Blue, 13 Red, 7

question 19

Multiple Choice

A bag contains 10 white, 12 blue, 13 red, 7 yellow, and 8 green wooded balls. A ball is selected from the bag, itscolor noted, then replaced. You then draw a second ball, note its color and then replace the ball. What is theprobability of selecting 2 red balls? Round to the nearest ten-thousandth.

• A) 0.0676
• B) 0.5200
• C) 0.2600
• D) 0.0624

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