Question

You are randomly choosing a marble from a bag. The bag contains 15 black marbles, 6 red marbles, and 6 blue marbles. Find the probability of the given event.

1. choosing a blue marble.

Answer 1

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Answer 2

i got 2/9 is that correct?

Answer 3

yes!

Answer 4

how about for chosing a red or a blue marble

Answer 5

so there are 27 total marbles. just divide the number of marbles in question by the total number of marbles to get the probability.

Answer 6

is it just 12/27

Answer 7

yes

Answer 8

you can simplify if you want by dividing out the 3 and you get 4/9

Answer 9

ok