document.write( "Question 975781: Find the odds in favor of drawing a green marble when a marble is selected at random from a bag containing 2 yellow, 5 red, and 6 green marbles \n" ); document.write( "
Algebra.Com's Answer #597476 by jim_thompson5910(35256) ![]() You can put this solution on YOUR website! There are 6 green marbles, so there are 6 outcomes that we want (out of 2+5+6 = 13 outcomes total)\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "There are 13-6 = 7 outcomes that we don't want (red or yellow marbles)\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "-------------------------------------------------------------------------\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Number of outcomes we want: 6 \n" ); document.write( "Number of outcomes we don't want: 7\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Odds in favor = (wanted outcomes):(unwanted outcomes) \n" ); document.write( "Odds in favor = 6:7\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "If you need more one-on-one help, email me at jim_thompson5910@hotmail.com. You can ask me a few more questions for free, but afterwards, I would charge you ($2 a problem to have steps shown or $1 a problem for answer only).\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Alternatively, please consider visiting my website: http://www.freewebs.com/jimthompson5910/home.html and making a donation. Any amount is greatly appreciated as it helps me a lot. This donation is to support free tutoring. Thank you.\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Jim\r \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ \n" ); document.write( " |