Question

There are 30 colored marbles inside a bag. Six marbles are yellow, 9 are red, 7 are white, and 8 are blue. One is drawn at random. Which color is most likely to be chosen?

Answer 1

Red

The red marbles will most likely be chosen since these are more red marbles than there are white or blue.

Answer 2

Red

Explanation:

Probability is the ratio of desired outcomes divided by total outcomes.

We got:

6y+9r+7w+8b = 30

Probability of each color being chosen:

Yellow:

`$(6)/(30)= 20\%$`

Red:

`$(9)/(30)= 30\%$`

White:

`$(7)/(30)= 23.3\%$`

Blue:

`$(8)/(30)= 26.6\%$`