Question

You have a bag containing the following marbles: 12 pink, 4 orange, 3 blue, and 1 red. In fraction form, give

the probability for each outcome. All answers must be in simplest form.
1 P(blue):
2
Pinot pink)
3
3 How many times would you expect to choose a blue marble if you made 300 picks? Set up and solve a
proportion. Show your work.
Show Your Work

Answer 1

1) 3/20

2) 2/5

3) 45

Explanation:

2) P(not Pink) = 8/20 which reduces to 2/5

3) probability of blue is 3/20 which is 15/100; if you multiply the numerator and denominator by 3 you get 45/300