Mayra Martinez Cortez

July 27th, 2023

Assignment 7 Calculating the Probability

A box contains two blue marbles and three red ones. Two marbles are drawn
randomly without replacement. Refer to the blue marbles as B1 and B2 and
the red ones as R1, R2, and R3.
1. List the outcomes in the sample space.
B R
OUTCOMES PROBABILITY
B1 B2 R1 R2 R3
B1 - B1B2 B1R1 B1R2 B1R3 4 4/20=1/5
B 2/5
B2 B2B1 - B2R1 B2R2 B2R3 4 4/20=1/5
R1 R1B1 R1B2 - R1R2 R1R3 4 4/20=1/5
R R2 R2B1 R2B2 R2R1 - R2R3 4 4/20=1/5 3/5
R3 R3B1 R3B2 R3R1 R3R2 - 4 4/20=1/5
Σ=20

BOX
5 MARBLES

B= B1,B2 R= R1,R2,R3
2/5 3/5

BB BR RB RR
2/5 x 1/4 2/5 x 3/4 3/5 x 2/4 3/5 x 2/4
2/20 = 1/10 6/20 = 3/10 6/20 = 3/10 6/20 = 3/10

𝑆 = {𝐵𝐵, 𝐵𝑅, 𝑅𝐵, 𝑅𝑅}

2. Determine the probability of observing each of the following events:
a. Drawing 2 blue marbles
2 1 2 1
𝑃(2𝐵) = × = = = 𝟎, 𝟏
5 4 20 10
b. Drawing 1 red marble and 1 blue marble
3 2 6 3
𝑃(𝑅𝐵) = × = = = 𝟎, 𝟑
5 4 20 10
c. Drawing 2 red marbles
3 2 6 3
𝑃(2𝑅) = × = = = 𝟎, 𝟑
5 4 20 10