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There are 286 possible sets of three, (any 3 from 13).

There are 28 pairs of reds and 5 possible greens so probability is 5 x 28 ie 140 out of 286 which is just under half (0.4895).

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Q: A bag or marbles contains 8 red marbles and 5 green marbles Three marbles are drawn at random at the same time Find the probability that two are red and one is green?
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A box contains five blue eight green and three yellow marbles If a marble is slected at random what is the probability that it is not blue?

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A box caontains five blue eight green and three yellow marbles. If a marble is selected at random what is the probability that it is yellow?

Three sixteenths, or 19%.


If a bag contains three red and three blue marbles and if three marbles are chosen without replacement what is the probability that they will be all red or all blue?

There are 6!/3! = 120 possible combinations of marble colour. Of these, only 2 are "good". This gives a probability of 2/120 = 1/60 = 0.0167, or about one and two-thirds of a percent.


How do you Write a combination problem and solve it?

A combination problem essentially asks for two answers from different mathematical areas. A simple example could be, "A boy has a bag of marbles. Four marbles are blue. Three marbles are red. Five marbles are white. How many marbles does he have all together? What are the chances of picking a blue marble at random?" The two areas being addressed are simple addition and probability. There are a total of 12 marbles. There is a 1:3 chance of picking a blue marble at random.


What is the equation used to determine probability?

Number of possibilities for one category / Total of all possibilities. For example, if I had a bag of marbles where there are three white marbles and two black marbles. The probability of pulling out a white marble is how many white marbles are in the bag which is: three. But the total of things you can draw out of the bag can either be one of the three white marbles or one of the two black marbles. 3 white marbles+ 2 Black marbles= five marbles. Possibility is 3/5 for drawing a white marble.

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A box contains five blue eight green and three yellow marbles If a marble is slected at random what is the probability that it is yellow?

3/16


A box contains five blue eight green and three yellow marbles If a marble is slected at random what is the probability that it is not blue?

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A bag contains 6 marbles Three red marbles two blue marbles and one white marble If two marbles are selected at random determine the probability that both are red?

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A box caontains five blue eight green and three yellow marbles. If a marble is selected at random what is the probability that it is yellow?

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A bag contains six blue marbles seven red marbles and four green marbles If four marbles are drawn randomly determine the probability that three are green?

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If a bag contains three red and three blue marbles and if three marbles are chosen without replacement what is the probability that they will be all red or all blue?

There are 6!/3! = 120 possible combinations of marble colour. Of these, only 2 are "good". This gives a probability of 2/120 = 1/60 = 0.0167, or about one and two-thirds of a percent.


How do you Write a combination problem and solve it?

A combination problem essentially asks for two answers from different mathematical areas. A simple example could be, "A boy has a bag of marbles. Four marbles are blue. Three marbles are red. Five marbles are white. How many marbles does he have all together? What are the chances of picking a blue marble at random?" The two areas being addressed are simple addition and probability. There are a total of 12 marbles. There is a 1:3 chance of picking a blue marble at random.


What is the equation used to determine probability?

Number of possibilities for one category / Total of all possibilities. For example, if I had a bag of marbles where there are three white marbles and two black marbles. The probability of pulling out a white marble is how many white marbles are in the bag which is: three. But the total of things you can draw out of the bag can either be one of the three white marbles or one of the two black marbles. 3 white marbles+ 2 Black marbles= five marbles. Possibility is 3/5 for drawing a white marble.


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25/50 gives the probability of selecting a blue marble


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