Add all the marbles up: 6 + 14 + 7 = 27 marbles
There are 6 yellow marbles and 14 red marbles. 6 + 14 = 20
The probability of selecting a red/yellow marble is a 20 out of 27 chance.
Answer:
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Given:
Carol has 88cm of string and cuts it in the ratio 5 : 6.
To find:
How much longer is the longest piece compared to the shortest piece.
Solution:
Let the lengths of two pieces of string are 5x and 6x. Then,




Now, the lengths of pieces are:


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The difference between the longer piece and shorter piece is:

Therefore, the longer piece is 8 m longer than the shorter piece.