Solving Dependent Probability

There are 10 blue socks and 12 brown socks in a drawer. Find the probability of reaching in and getting two blue socks without looking.

There are 2 blue, 6 green, 5 yellow, 7 purple and 3 blue marbles in a bag. You randomly draw two marbles from the bag without replacing the first one. Find the probability of getting a green marble and then a yellow marble.

Find each probability of picking a V, then a K, if you pick a card, do not replace it, and then pick a second card.

Find each probability of picking a R, then another R, if you pick a card, do not replace it, and then pick a second card.

Carrie has four different cheerleading tops: a purple tank, a purple sweater, a gold tank, and a gold sweater. What is the probability of Carrie randomly selecting a gold top on Monday, then randomly selecting a purple top on Tuesday, if she doesn't wear the same thing two days in a row?

The teacher of a class that contains 12 boys and 16 girls needs to pick two volunteers. She randomly selects one student, and then selects another student from the class. What is the probability that she picks two girls?

Find the probability of getting not white on the first spinner and a y on the second spinner.

In a game of checkers, there are 12 red pieces and 12 black pieces. Julio is setting up the board to begin playing. What is the probability that the first two checkers he pulls from the box at random are red followed by a black?

Team A, Team B, Team C, Team D, and Team E are all competing in a relay race. Starting positions are chosen at random. Find the probability that Team B will start in the 1st position and Team E will start in the 2nd position.

A bag contains 2 striped cubes, 3 dotted cubes, 4 white cubes and 3 red cubes. What is the probability of drawing a white cube, not replacing it, and then drawing a dotted cube?

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