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OpenStudy (anonymous):

Medal & fan. A marble is drawn at random from the bag shown below. The bag contains 3 green, 4 yellow, 5 blue, and 8 pink marbles. What is P(not yellow)?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

add them all up

OpenStudy (anonymous):

then subtract how many yellow there are from that number

OpenStudy (anonymous):

16

OpenStudy (anonymous):

(3+4+5+8) - 4

OpenStudy (anonymous):

or just do 3+5+8

OpenStudy (anonymous):

you are correct

OpenStudy (anonymous):

answer choices are a.)1/5 b.)2/5 c.)4/5 @heretohelpalways

OpenStudy (anonymous):

simplify 16/20

OpenStudy (anonymous):

since all of the numbers added up are 20

OpenStudy (anonymous):

so divide each side of the fraction by 4

OpenStudy (anonymous):

to get the simplified fraction

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