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Question 211644: HELP! I'm racking my brains with this one.
A jar contains 4 yellow marbes, 12 green marbles, and 11 black marbles. If one marbe is selected at random, what is the probability tht it is not yellow?

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A jar contains 4 yellow marbes, 12 green marbles, and 11 black marbles. If one marbe is selected at random, what is the probability tht it is not yellow?
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4 are yellow out of 27
23 are not yellow
The probability is 23/27