SOLUTION: Pierre asks Sherry a question involving the theoretical probability of a compound event in which you flip a coin and draw a marble from a bag of marbles. The bag of marbles coins 3

Question 1025013: Pierre asks Sherry a question involving the theoretical probability of a compound event in which you flip a coin and draw a marble from a bag of marbles. The bag of marbles coins 3 white marbles, 8 green marbles, and 9 black marbles. Sherry's answer, which is correct, is 12/40. What was Pierre's question?
Answer by Fombitz(32388) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Flip a coin has a probability of and it's independent so the probability of the marble problem was,

Probability of choosing a white marble from the bag fits the bill.
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Sherry gets two marks off for not putting her probability in lowest terms though.
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