SOLUTION: can someone help with this Find the probability of the given event. A bag contains 5 red marbles, 3 blue marbles, and 1 green marble. A randomly drawn marble is not blue.

Question 162666: can someone help with this
Find the probability of the given event.
A bag contains 5 red marbles, 3 blue marbles, and 1 green marble. A randomly drawn marble is not blue.
a. 3/2
b. 6
c. 1/3
d. 2/3
Answer by vleith(2983) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
See this video for a nice look at this type of problem. http://collabvsl.wetpaint.com/page/Basic+Probability
In this case, you have a total of = marbles.
The odds of drawing a blue marble are =
So the odds of drawing a 'non-blue marble is =
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