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Diane is choosing at random from a bag of colored marbles the odds in favor of her choosing a yellow marble are 5:2 what is the probability that she will choose a yellow marble

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If the odds of her choosing a yellow marble are 5:2 that implies that the probability that she chooses a yellow marble is 5/(2+5)=0.71

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