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A box contains 720 marbles. The result of 20 marbles pulled at random from the box is given below:

5 red
6 blue
3 green
4 black
2 yellow

Based on this information, how many yellow marbles could be expected in the box?

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Answer:

the answer is 72 Yellow Marbles

Explanation:

User Nimmy
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There should be 20 yellow marbles based upon these probabilities because 2/20=0.1 and 0.1*200=20.
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