SOLUTION: Jack puts 100 marbles into a bag. He takes 20 turns pulling marbles out of the bag and putting them back. One of the marbles he picks is red. If we had to guess how many red mar

Question 884660: Jack puts 100 marbles into a bag. He takes 20 turns pulling marbles out of the bag and putting them back. One of the marbles he picks is red. If we had to guess how many red marbles are in the bag, what would our best guess be?
a. 10
b. 5
c. 20
d. 1
Answer by ewatrrr(24785) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

x = 5 red marbles, a good guess
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