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Jan completes 60 trials of pulling colored marbles out of a bag. She pulled green 15 times. If there are 250 marbles in the bag, how many of them are probably green?

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Answer:

the answer is 63 green marbles

Explanation:

User Puravidaso
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Answer:

Green marbles are probably = 62.5.

Explanation:

Since Jan completes 60 trials and pulled green 15 times, the probability of any marble being green can be calculated as:

= 15/60

= 0.25

With 250 marbles in the bag, using the probability value of green marbles calculated above, the number of green marbles can be estimated as:

= 0.25 of 250

= 62.5

This shows that since there is a 25% probability of obtaining a green marble from 60 trials of pulling colored marbles out of the bag containing 250 marbles, then the total number of green marbles will be equal to 62 or 63.

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