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A bag of marbles contains 6 yellow marbles, 4 blue marbies, and 2 orange marbles. Ben decides to pick a

marble without looking, What is the probablity that he picks an orange marble?

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Answer:


\frac{1}6} probability

Explanation:

Total number of marbles in the bag: 6 + 4 + 2 = 12 marbles

Number of orange marbles = 2

=> Probability of picking an orange marble =
(2)/(12) =
\frac{1}6} (fraction) or 0.166

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