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A bag contains 9 red marbles, 18 orange marbles, 2 yellow marbles, and 5 purple marbles. A marble is drawn at random from the bag. What is the probability that the marble drawn will not be orange?
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A bag contains 9 red marbles, 18 orange marbles, 2 yellow marbles, and 5 purple marbles. A marble is drawn at random from the bag. What is the probability that the marble drawn will not be orange?

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Answer:

8/17

Explanation:

total balls= 9 + 18 + 2 + 5 = 34

balls drawn should NOT be Orange.

so, 34 - 18 (as there are 18 orange balls)

16 balls

probability= 16/34 = 8/17

answer = 8/17

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