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Joseph has a bag filled with 2 red, 4 green, 10 yellow, and 9 purple marbles. Determine P(not purple) when choosing one marble from the bag.

64%
36%
24%
8%

User Dansalias
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Answer:

The answer would be 64%

Explanation:

The concept used here is the fundamental concept is that someone will nearly surely occur. Meaning (favorable event/ total event)

Step 1: There are 25 total marbles because.

2+4+10+9=25

Step 2: Subtract the favorable event from the whole.

25/25-9/25= 16/25

Step 3: Rewrite as a percentage

1.00-0.36=

0.64

Step 4: Answer

64%

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