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A bag contains 12 green marbles and 9 white marbles. In simplest form, what are the odds in favor of drawing a white marble? A. 4:7 B. 3:4 C. 1:7 D. 4:3

A bag contains 12 green marbles and 9 white marbles. In simplest form, what are the odds in favor of drawing a white marble? A. 4:7 B. 3:4 C. 1:7 D. 4:3
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A bag contains 12 green marbles and 9 white marbles. In simplest form, what are the odds in favor of drawing a white marble?

A. 4:7
B. 3:4
C. 1:7
D. 4:3

User Sorix
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Total number of marbles: 12+9 = 21
Possibility of withdrwaing a white marble = 9/21 = 3/7 = 3:7
User Yrineu Rodrigues
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Well if you take the two numbers and divide them, 9/12 you get 3/4 i would probably say B. 3:4
User Sarath Chandra Vema
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