A bag of M&M's has 3 red, 5 green, 6 blue, and 4 yellow M&M's. Suppose you randomly select two M&M's from the bag one at a time with replacing the first M&M. Let A = first M&M is green and B = second M&M is red. Find the following probabilities. (Write your answers as fractions.) a) P(A) = b) P(B | A) = c) P(A and B) =

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A bag of M&M's has 3 red, 5 green, 6 blue, and 4 yellow M&M's. Suppose you randomly
select two M&M's from the bag one at a time with replacing the first M&M.
Let A = first M&M is green and B = second M&M is red.
Find the following probabilities. (Write your answers as fractions.)
a) P(A) =
b) P(B | A):
=
c) P(A and B) =
Transcribed Image Text:A bag of M&M's has 3 red, 5 green, 6 blue, and 4 yellow M&M's. Suppose you randomly select two M&M's from the bag one at a time with replacing the first M&M. Let A = first M&M is green and B = second M&M is red. Find the following probabilities. (Write your answers as fractions.) a) P(A) = b) P(B | A): = c) P(A and B) =
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