Suppose you have a bag with 18 small colored stones. There are 6 red stones, 7...

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Suppose you have a bag with 18 small colored stones. There are 6red stones, 7 green stones, and the rest of thestones  are blue.

a. Would reaching into the bag, pulling out a stone, andrecording the color be considered a random experiment? Explain youranswer.

b. If you reach into the bag and pull out a stone, what is theprobability that the stone is blue?

c. What is the probability that you will not pull out a bluestone?

d. Suppose you pull out a red stone. If you do not replace thefirst stone, what is the probability that you will pull out a bluestone this time?

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a Reaching into the bag pulling out a stone and recording the color would be considered a random experiment because in this experiment the outcome event the color    See Answer
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