219k views
5 votes
A bag of marbles contains 7red 12orange 3blue and 6multicolored what is the probability of randomly selecting a marble that is not red

User Wilhelm
by
7.4k points

1 Answer

2 votes

3/4

There are 28 marbles in total, 21 of which are not red. This gives us a 21/28 chance that the marble is not red. 21/28 simplifies down to 3/4.

User Chris Houghton
by
8.1k points