SOLUTION: 2. A bag has b blue marbles, y yellow marbles, and g green marbles. There are n marbles altogether. An experiment consists of randomly drawing a marble from the bag. What does each

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Question 865001: 2. A bag has b blue marbles, y yellow marbles, and g green marbles. There are n marbles altogether. An experiment consists of randomly drawing a marble from the bag. What does each fraction represent?
(a)    y/n
____ the probability of drawing a blue marble
____ the probability of drawing a non-yellow marble    
____ the probability of drawing a green marble
____ the probability of drawing a non-green marble
____ the probability of drawing a yellow marble

(b)    (b + g)/n
___ the probability of drawing a blue and green marble
___ the probability of drawing a blue marble    
___ the probability of drawing a non-green marble
___ the probability of drawing a green marble
___ the probability of drawing a blue or green marble
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a) y/n yellow/total
drawing a yellow marble
____ the probability of drawing a yellow marble
b)(b + g)/n blue and green /total
drawing a blue OR green marble
___ the probability of drawing a blue or green marble