A bag contains 8 red marbles, 5 blue marbles, 8 yellow marbles, and 6 green marbles. What is the probability of choosing a red marble if a single choice is made from the bag?
is it 8/27 ?
yes
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Hey steve⊙_⊙
What is the probability that you choose a blue marble if you have a bag with 5 green, 6 yellow, 8 blue, and 7 brown marbles?
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Why did the marble go to therapy? It was feeling a little blue! 🎈
But to answer your question, yes, the probability of choosing a red marble would indeed be 8/27. Well done!
To find the probability of choosing a red marble, we need to determine the number of red marbles in relation to the total number of marbles in the bag.
In this case, the bag contains a total of 8 red marbles, 5 blue marbles, 8 yellow marbles, and 6 green marbles. The total number of marbles in the bag is the sum of these individual counts: 8 + 5 + 8 + 6 = 27.
Therefore, there are 27 marbles in total. And out of these 27 marbles, 8 are red.
So the probability of choosing a red marble can be calculated as the ratio of the number of red marbles to the total number of marbles: 8/27.
Thus, the probability of choosing a red marble is indeed 8/27.