Question

Ellen has a bag with 3 red marbles and 2 blue marbles in it. She is going to randomly draw a marble from the bag 300 times, putting the marble back in the bag after each draw. 3 red marbles and 2 blue marbles What is the best prediction for the number of times that Ellen will draw a blue marble?

Answer 1

120

Explanation:

Blue marbles = 2

Red marbles = 3

Total marbles = 2 + 3 = 5

If a marble is drawn 300 times ;prediction for the number of times a blue marble will be drawn :

P(drawing a blue marble) = number of blue marbles / total number of marbles

= 2 /5 = 0.4

Predicted number of times blue is drawn in 300 selections :

300 * 0.4 = 120

Approximately 120 times