SOLUTION: A bag contains 8 white marbles, 4 black marbles, and 3 red
marbles. You pick out a marble, record its color, and put the marble back in the bag.
If you repeat this process
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Question 1174759: A bag contains 8 white marbles, 4 black marbles, and 3 red
marbles. You pick out a marble, record its color, and put the marble back in the bag.
If you repeat this process 45 times, about how often do you expect to remove a black or red marble from the bag?
A.5/9
B.1/135
C.2/27
D.5/9
Answer by ikleyn(52779) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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The question asks "how often", but the optional answers show the probability.
It is not a Math formulation, when you mix the terms from different areas and of different meaning.
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