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12 blue marbles
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The probability of selecting 4 red marbles or 5 blue marbles depends on how many marbles there are altogether, and how many of the total number of marbles are red and how many are blue.
The ratios are: red : green = 2 : 3 = (2×3) : (3×3) = 6 : 9 green : blue = 9 : 4 → ratio of red : green : blue = 6 : 9 : 4 There are 6 + 9 + 4 = 19 parts 76 marbles ÷ 19 parts = 4 marbles per part → red: 6 parts = 6 × 4 marbles per part = 24 red marbles → green: 9 parts = 9 × 4 marbles per part = 36 green marbles → blue: 4 parts = 4 × 4 marbles per part = 16 blue marbles To check: red + green + blue = 24 marbles + 36 marbles + 16 marbles = 76 marbles in the bag.
Sonya has no red blue marbles. All she has are 24 blue, 18 red and 12 green.