A bag contains 45 marbles of various colors. Jon draws 60 times, each time replacing the marble before drawing again. He gets a total of 12 blue marbles.
Which is best prediction of how many blue marbles are in the bag?
A.
5
B.
9
C.
12
D.
15
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OpenStudy (yinshy):
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OpenStudy (yinshy):
my edicated guess is B
Directrix (directrix):
Jon gets 12 blues out of 60 draws. 12 is 1/5 of 60.
1/5 of 45 is what I think is the estimated number of blues in the container.
OpenStudy (yinshy):
ok so find 1/5th of 45
Directrix (directrix):
Right.
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Directrix (directrix):
Which you have already done in the educated guess.
>>my edicated guess is B
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OpenStudy (yinshy):
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Directrix (directrix):
As always, you are welcome.
OpenStudy (yinshy):
ty do you think you will be able to help me tomarrow?