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A bag contains 4 green marbles and 5 white marbles. Suppose a marble is randomly selected. What are the odds in favor of picking a white marble ?

A. 4 to 5
B. 4 to 9
C. 5 to 4
D. 5 to 9

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The answer would be 5 to 9. There are nine marbles overall and there are five white marbles. If you put the overall number of marbles second and the amount of that color of marbles first, you get D.
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