A bag contains 5 blue marbles, 6 red marbles, and 4 green marbles. You select one marble at random f

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    math_celebrity Administrator Staff Member

    A bag contains 5 blue marbles, 6 red marbles, and 4 green marbles. You select one marble at random from the bag. What is P(blue)

    P(blue) = Number of blue marbles / Total Marbles
    P(blue) = 5 / (5 + 6 + 4)
    P(blue) = 5/15

    We can reduce this. So we type in 5/15 into our search engine, choose simplify, and we get:
    P(blue) = 1/3
     

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