Two marbles are drawn at random and with replacement from a box containing $2$ red, $3$ green, and $4$ blue marbles.
Let's define the following events:
A={two red marbles are drawn}
B={ two green marbles are drawn}
C={two blue marbles are drawn}.
Let's say i want to find the probability of A.
Since it's with replacement the first time i'm drawing, the probability would be $\frac29$ and the second time would also be $\frac29$ which would be $\frac4{81}$.
Is this the correct way of thinking this?
Best Answer
Yes, you are on a right track:
Total number of balls always remains $9$.
For event $A$:
There are $2$ Red balls, for both draws:
$$P(A)=\frac29\cdot \frac29=\frac4{81}$$ For event $B$:
There are $3$ Green Balls, for both draws: $$P(B)=\frac39\cdot\frac39=\frac{9}{81}$$ For event $C$:
There are 4 Blue Balls, for both draws: $$P(C)=\frac49\cdot \frac49=\frac{16}{81}$$