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There is a bag of marbles with a total of 8 marbles. There is 1 grey, 5 white, and 2 black. A marble is chosen from the bag at random. What are the odds in favor of choosing a grey marble?

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There is a bag of marbles with a total of 8 marbles. There is 1 grey, 5 white, and 2 black. A marble is chosen from the bag at random. What are the odds in favor of choosing a grey marble?

anonymous · Answer

The odds are the number of grey marbles over the number of marbles in total, correct?

anonymous · Answer

So how would you express that as a fraction?

anonymous · Answer

Actually, that's probability and not odds. See Dr. Math http://mathforum.org/library/drmath/view/56701.html