SOLUTION: Hi Help please on solving this I need the steps and the answer. A bag contains five red marbles and one white marble. The marbles are randomly selected one at a time. What are t

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Question 152705: Hi Help please on solving this I need the steps and the answer.
A bag contains five red marbles and one white marble. The marbles are randomly selected one at a time. What are the odds of picking the white marble on the first selection?

Answer by jojo14344(1513) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Here it goes:
number of white marbles
----------------------- x number of selections x 100 = %
total number of marbles
%281%2F6%29%2A1%2A100=16.67% of picking the white marble
Thank you,
Jojo