SOLUTION: A jar contains 10 red marbles numbered 1 to 10 and 6 blue marbles numbered 1 to 6. A marble is drawn at random from the jar. Find the probability of the given event, please show yo

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Question 1174105: A jar contains 10 red marbles numbered 1 to 10 and 6 blue marbles numbered 1 to 6. A marble is drawn at random from the jar. Find the probability of the given event, please show your answers as reduced fractions.
(a) The marble is red. P(red)=

(b) The marble is odd-numbered. P(odd)=

(c) The marble is red or odd-numbered. P(red or odd) =

(d) The marble is blue or even-numbered. P(blue or even)
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16 marbles, 10 red and 6 blue 5 even numbered red and 3 even numbered blue
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red (5/8)
odd numbered (1/2)
red or odd numbered 10 red and 3 blue odd numbered, 13/16
blue or even numbered, 6 blue and 5 red even-numbered (11/16)