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A bag contains 3 green marbles and 8 white marbles. Suppose a marble is randomly selected. What are the odds in favor of picking a white marble?

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To work out this, you must first find out exactly how many marbles there are:

8+3 = 11

Since 8 of the 11 balls are white marbles, then the odds of selecting a white marble are 8/11.
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