SOLUTION: A bag with marbles is shown below. A marble is chosen from the bag at random. The bag contains 4 blue, 2 yellow & 4 red. What is the probability that it is yellow? What are the

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Question 588942: A bag with marbles is shown below. A marble is chosen from the bag at random.
The bag contains 4 blue, 2 yellow & 4 red.
What is the probability that it is yellow?
What are the odds in favor of choosing a red marble?
What are the odds against choosing a yellow marble?
Answer by Edwin McCravy(20063) About Me  (Show Source):
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A bag with marbles is shown below. A marble is chosen from the bag at random.
The bag contains 4 blue, 2 yellow & 4 red.
What is the probability that it is yellow?

number of successes = 2
number of failures = 4+4 or 8

probability = %28number_of_successes%29%2F%28number_of_successes__%2B__number_of_failures%29 = 2%2F%282%2B8%29 = 2%2F10 = 1%2F5

What are the odds in favor of choosing a red marble?
    number of successes = 4
    number of failures = 4+2 or 6

odds in faver = (number of successes):number of failures = 4:6 which
reduces just like a fraction as 2:3

What are the odds against choosing a blue marble?


    number of successes = 4

    number of failures = 2+4 or 6



odds against = (number of failures):number of successes = 6:4 which

reduces just like a fraction as 3:2



Edwin