Question

Mackenzie has a bag that contains 6 red marbles, 4 blue marbles, and 14 yellow marbles. If she chooses one marble from the bag, what is the probability that the marble is not yellow?

a: 7/12
b: 5/12
c:2/7
d:5/7

Answer 1

not yellow / total marbles

Answer 2

how many non-yellow marbles are there?

Answer 3

10

Answer 4

correct, so that's our numerator

Answer 5

how many marbles in total?

Answer 6

24

Answer 7

yep thats the denominator

Answer 8

now simplify the fraction to get the answer

Answer 9

5/12

Answer 10

awesome, good job