Selecting Marbles A bag contains 5 red marbles, 6 white marbles, and 9 blue marbles. Randomly choose two marbles, one at a time, and without replacement. Find the following. Enter your answers as fractions or decimals rounded to three decimal places. (a)The probability that the first marble is red and the second is white P(first red and second white)=

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Selecting Marbles A bag contains 5 red marbles, 6 white marbles, and 9 blue marbles. Randomly choose two marbles, one at a time, and without replacement. Find the following. Enter your answers as fractions or decimals rounded to three decimal places. (a)The probability that the first marble is red and the second is white P(first red and second white)= 

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