Question

A bag contains 21 red marbles, 24 green marbles, and 21 blue marbles. You choose a marble at random

from the bag. What color marble will you most likely choose?

Answer 1

Given:

A bag contains 21 red marbles, 24 green marbles, and 21 blue marbles.

To find:

What color marble will you most likely choose if you choose a marble at random from the bag.

Solution:

We have,

Number of red marbles = 21

Number of green marbles = 24

Number of blue marbles = 21

Total number of marbles = 21+24+21

= 66

Now,

`P(Red)=(21)/(66)`

`P(Green)=(24)/(66)`

`P(Blue)=(21)/(66)`

The number of green marbles is largest. So, the probability of getting a green marble is largest.

Therefore, you will most likely choose green marble.