Question

A bag of marbles contains 8 red marbles ,4 blue marbles and 5 white marbles .tom picks a marble at random is is more likely that he picks a red marble or a marble of another color ?

Answer 1

It's more likely that Tom will pick a marble of another colour.

Explanation:

In total there are 17 marbles and there are only 8 red ones

8/17

And the Blue and White marbles equal to 9

9/17

Therefore the other colours have a better chance at being picked than the red marbles.