SOLUTION: A bowl contains 1 green marble, 1 yellow marble and 1 black marble. one marble is drawn from the bowl at random, hten a fair die is rolled once. Find the probability of drawing a g

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Question 336664: A bowl contains 1 green marble, 1 yellow marble and 1 black marble. one marble is drawn from the bowl at random, hten a fair die is rolled once. Find the probability of drawing a green marble and rolling a number less than 3.
Answer by Fombitz(32388) About Me  (Show Source):
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There are three marbles, one is green.
P%28G%29=1%2F3
There are 6 values on the die, 2 are less than 3.
P%28n%3C3%29=2%2F6=1%2F3
P(Gorn%3C3)=P%28G%29%2BP%28n%3C3%29
P(Gorn%3C3)=1%2F3%2B1%2F3
P(Gorn%3C3)=2%2F3