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This questions is breaking my head... If a gumball is randomly chosen from a bag that containsexactly 6 yellow gumballs, 5 green gumballs, and 4red gumballs, what is the probability that the gumball chosen is NOT green? Can you also write ratio for me to this question?

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the answer toy your question is
3/4
User Scott Lin
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Total gumballs= 6 yellow+ 5 green + 4 red
= 15 gumballs
Green gumballs=5
Other gumballs= 15-5= 10
Probability= Other non-green gumballs/Total gumballs
=10/15 = 2/3
Probability of not getting green gumball is 2/3 or 66.66666.... %
The ration is 2:3.
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