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ID: GMAT-DI-DS-005
Section: Data Insights - Data Sufficiency (DS)
Topic: Probability
Difficulty level: Hard

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A tray in a workshop contains only blue tiles and yellow tiles. Two tiles are to be selected from the tray at random, one after the other, and the first tile selected is not returned to the tray before the second is selected. What is the probability that both tiles selected will be blue?

The probability that the first tile selected will be blue is $\dfrac{3}{5}$.
The tray contains $4$ yellow tiles, and the probability that both tiles selected will be yellow is $\dfrac{2}{15}$.

AStatement (1) ALONE is sufficient, but statement (2) ALONE is not sufficient to answer the question asked.

BStatement (2) ALONE is sufficient, but statement (1) ALONE is not sufficient to answer the question asked.

CBOTH statements (1) and (2) TOGETHER are sufficient to answer the question asked, but NEITHER statement ALONE is sufficient to answer the question asked.

DEACH statement ALONE is sufficient to answer the question asked.

EStatements (1) and (2) TOGETHER are NOT sufficient to answer the question asked, and additional data specific to the problem are needed.

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