SOLUTION: a bag contains 6 red marbles 9 blue marbles and 5green marbles. you randomly select one marble from the bag what is the probability that the marble is red?

Question 1206294: a bag contains 6 red marbles 9 blue marbles and 5green marbles. you randomly select one marble from the bag what is the probability that the marble is red?
Found 2 solutions by kilofighters, ikleyn:
Answer by kilofighters(2) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
The probability of a selected marble is red is 30%
Answer by ikleyn(52777) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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P = = = = 0.3.

The numerator is the number of the red marbles.

The denominator is the total number of marbles.

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