What is the probability that the first marble is green

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Daniel has a bag of marbles and decided to count how many of each color are in the bag. He found there were 10 red, 7 green, 6 yellow, 13 blue, and 8 purple. Each time Daniel selects a marble, he randomly picks one out of the bag, records the color, and then places is back in the bag.

(a) Are the events "first marble is green" and "the second marble is purple" dependent or independent? Explain.

(b) If Daniel selects two marbles, what is the probability that the first marble is green and the second marble is purple?

(c) If Daniel selects one marble, what is the probability that it is green or purple?

(d) What is the probability that the marble is not purple? (Use the idea of complementary events to solve this.)

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