SOLUTION: Find the odds in favor of drawing a red marble when a marble is selected at random from a bag containing 2 yellow, 5 red, and 6 green marbles
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Question 975783: Find the odds in favor of drawing a red marble when a marble is selected at random from a bag containing 2 yellow, 5 red, and 6 green marbles
Answer by solver91311(24713) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
If the probability of a success is 
and the probability of failure is 
where 
, then the odds in favor of a successful outcome is 
Your 
is 5 and your 
is 13. You can figure out the rest.
John
My calculator said it, I believe it, that settles it
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