Question

A box contains 2 purple marbles, 2 blue marbles, 3 green marbles, and 5 red marbles.

2 purple marbles, 2 blue marbles, 3 green marbles, and 5 red marbles.

Which color marble is most likely to be picked?
purple
blue
green
red

Answer 1

red as it has the most marbles in the box which boosts it’s probability to be chosen.

Answer 2

red,because The probability of choosing red is 5/12 but this probability for purple and blue is 2/12=1/6,and also for green marbles is 3/12=1/4

5/12>3/12>2/12