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You randomly draw a marble from a bag of marbles that contains 333 blue marbles, 444 green marbles, and 555 red marbles.

What is \text{P(draw a blue marble})P(draw a blue marble)P, left parenthesis, d, r, a, w, space, a, space, b, l, u, e, space, m, a, r, b, l, e, right parenthesis?

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Answer:

1/4 or 0.25

Explanation:

User RamRajVasavi
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Answer:

1/4 or 0.25

Explanation:

Isn't latex a devil?

You want to know the probability of a blue marble.

Formula

P(blue) = #Blue / # Total

Givens

#Blue = 333

#Total = 333 + 444 + 555 = 1332

Solution

P(blue) = 333 / 1332 Divide by 111

P(blue) = 3/12

P(blue) = 1/4 or 0.25

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