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document.write( "A bag contains seven red marbles three blue marbles and one green marble. Find P (not blue)<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The bag contains only blue marbles, and either red or green marbles.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "If the marble is not blue, it must be either red or green.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "There are 3 blue marbles.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "There are (7+1)=8 either red or green marbles<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Total number of marbles = 3+8 =11<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Assuming random pick of the marbles and that all marbles have equal probability of being picked, then <BR>\n" );
document.write( "P(not blue) = P(red or green) = number of red/green marbles  / total number of marbles.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "I will leave you to replace the right-hand side with numbers to finish the answer.<BR>\n" );
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