Question

a bag contains 3 green marbles, 5 blue marbles, and 8 red marbles and you ask a friend to pick one without looking. what if the probability that the marbles will be green?

Answer 1

3/16, 18.75%, or 0.1875

Explanation:

Add the colored marbles to find the total number of marbles:

3 + 5 + 8 = 16 marbles

We know there are 3 green marbles, so that will be our numerator for the fraction.

`(3)/(16)` is our answer. We can convert this into a percentage:

`(18.75)/(100)`
`=` 18.75%

Now, as a decimal:

0.1875