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Probability of pulling a green marble out of a bag of coloured marble is 2:5 if you were to pull coloured marbles out of the bag for 600 times how many times would you select a green marble

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Answer: 171 green marbles

Step-by-step explanation: There are 7 total marbles so 100/7 equals 14.28

Then there is a 2 out of 7 total tries so 14.28 * 2 equals 28.57% chance to get a green marble.

600 * 0.2857 = 171.41 marbles but you cant get half a marble so 171 green marbles.

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