Question

A bag contains 8 black marbles, 16 white marbles, 14 red marbles, and 10 green marbles. A marble is drawn at random from the bag.


What is the probability that the marble drawn will not be white?

Answer 1

8+16+14+10= ?

Answer 2

A 1/3

B 2/3

C 3/4

D 15/16

Answer 3

yes i was going to do that @hockeychick23

Answer 4

16/48? but then simplyfy

Answer 5

divide by 4

Answer 6

4/12

Answer 7

not quite, you want to know the probability of drawing one that isn't white

Answer 8

so 48-16= ?

Answer 9

8/24 = 4/12 = 2/6= 1/2 ?

Answer 10

32/48= 4/6= 2/3

Answer 11

oh :/ darn

Answer 12

Thank you @hockeychick23 for your help!

Answer 13

sure!(: