SOLUTION: A bag has 10 blue marbles and 8 yellow marbles. Half of the yellow marbles are made of plastic. A marble is selected at random from the bag. What is the probability that it is a

Question 614422: A bag has 10 blue marbles and 8 yellow marbles. Half of the yellow marbles are made of plastic. A marble is selected at random from the bag. What is the probability that it is a yellow, plastic marble?
Answer by ewatrrr(24785) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

 

Hi

Bag of   marbles: 10 blue, 4 yellow plastic, 4 yellow(not plastic)

A marble is selected at random from the bag

 P(Yellow plastic) =  

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