SOLUTION: Find the odds in favor of drawing a red marble when a marble is selected at random from a bag containing 2 yellow, 5 red, and 6 green marbles

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Question 975783: Find the odds in favor of drawing a red marble when a marble is selected at random from a bag containing 2 yellow, 5 red, and 6 green marbles
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If the probability of a success is and the probability of failure is where , then the odds in favor of a successful outcome is

Your is 5 and your is 13. You can figure out the rest.

John

My calculator said it, I believe it, that settles it