SOLUTION: . A bowl contains 33 red beads, 11 white beads, 9 blue beads, and 15 black beads. If one bead is drawn at random, what are the probabilities of getting (a) a red bead

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Question 1119069: . A bowl contains 33 red beads, 11 white beads, 9 blue beads, and 15 black beads. If one bead is drawn at random, what are the probabilities of getting

(a) a red bead



(b) a bead that is white or black



C) a bead that is neither red nor black


Answer by Boreal(15235) About Me  (Show Source):
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68 beads
33/68 for red
26/68 for white or black.
neither red nor black--those two make up 48 beads, so it would be 20/68 for white and blue.