SOLUTION: A bag contains 3 red marbles, 4 blue marbles and 8 yellow marbles. An experiment consists of randomly drawing one marble out of the bag. Let R be the event that a red marble is d

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Question 1165841: A bag contains 3 red marbles, 4 blue marbles and 8 yellow marbles. An experiment consists of randomly drawing one marble out of the bag. Let R be the event that a red marble is drawn, B the event a blue marble is drawn, and Y be the event a yellow marble is drawn.
What is P(R)?

Answer by ikleyn(52787) About Me  (Show Source):
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    P(R) = 3%2F%283%2B4%2B8%29 = 3%2F15 = 1%2F5 = 0.2 = 20%.     ANSWER

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