From a barrel of colored marbles, you randomly select 1 blue, 2 yellow, 7 red, 6 green, and 2 purple marbles. Find the experimental probability of randomly selecting a marble that is NOT yellow.
A)8/9
B)11/18
C)7/9
D)9/10

Question

From a barrel of colored marbles, you randomly select 1 blue, 2 yellow, 7 red, 6 green, and 2 purple marbles. Find the experimental probability of randomly selecting a marble that is NOT yellow.
A)8/9
B)11/18
C)7/9
D)9/10

nerdgirl · Answer

Ok, so the first thing you want to do is add all those numbers together, which gives you what?

anonymous · Answer

18

nerdgirl · Answer

And all the marbles that are NOT yellow added together gives you what?

anonymous · Answer

16

nerdgirl · Answer

Right. Put 16 over 18 so it looks like this: 16/18, simplify, and you'll have your answer. :)

nerdgirl · Answer

I have to go now sorry good luck!

anonymous · Answer

so 16/18 simplified  is 8/9. Yay thank you for walking me through that ! and aw dang ok thanks !!!

nerdgirl · Answer

np :)