Mathematics 0580 · IGCSE · Probability of combined events

Probability of combined events — practice question

A box holds 10 counters, and each counter is either red or green. The ratio of red counters : green counters is $1 : 4$. Shareen selects one counter at random, records its colour and replaces it in the box. She then selects a second counter at random. A tree diagram is provided with branches headed First counter and Second counter, and outcomes Red and Green, but the probabilities are blank.
(a)[3]

Complete the tree diagram shown.

(b)[2]

Find the probability that both counters turn out green.

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