SOLUTION: if a jar contains 23 red marbles and 4 green marbles, the probability that a marble selected from the jar at random will be green is?

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Question 214681: if a jar contains 23 red marbles and 4 green marbles, the probability that a marble selected from the jar at random will be green is?
Answer by jim_thompson5910(35256) About Me  (Show Source):
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Total number of marbles = 23 + 4 = 27 marbles


P(Green Marble) = (# of green marbles)/(# of marbles total) = 4/27 = 0.148


So the probability is 4/27 which is about a 14.8% chance