Suzan sees a bag of marbles; she grabs a handful at random. She has seen a bag containing 4 red marbles, 3 green ones, 2 white ones, and 1 purple one. She grabs 5 of them. Find the probability of the following event, expressing it as a fraction in lowest terms. (a) She has all the red ones (b) She has at least one white (c) two red and one of each of the other colors (d). She does not have all the red ones

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Suzan sees a bag of marbles; she grabs a handful at random. She has seen a bag
containing 4 red marbles, 3 green ones, 2 white ones, and 1 purple one. She grabs 5
of them. Find the probability of the following event, expressing it as a fraction in lowest
terms.
(a) She has all the red ones

(b) She has at least one white

(c) two red and one of each of the other colors

(d). She does not have all the red ones

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Step 1: determine the given variable

 4 red marbles,

3 green ones,

2 white ones,

1 purple one. 

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