Question

A bag contains 56 marbles: 7 red, green, 11 yellow, 17 brown, and 13 blue.

If a marble is chosen at random, what is the probability that the marble is green?

Answer 1

1/7

Explanation:

there are 8 green marbles out of 56 so the probability would be 8/56 which simpliefies to 1/7 or 14.285714%

Answer 2

8/56

Explanation:

Add up all other marble colors then find the difference from the total.