There are 5 yellow marbles and 6 blue marbles in a bag. You randomly choose one of the marbles. What is the probability of choos

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snow_lady [41]

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There are 5 yellow marbles and 6 blue marbles in a bag. You randomly choose one of the marbles. What is the probability of choos

ing a yellow marble? Write your answer as a fraction in simplest form. The probability of choosing a yellow marble is

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Nat2105 [25] · Answer 1 · 2021-11-16T23:03:03+03:00

Nat2105 [25]3 years ago

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Answer:

The probability of choosing a yellow marble is 5/11

Step-by-step explanation:

add 5 and 6 together. it equils 11. Five out of the 11 marbles are yellow. that means it is (5, 11) or 5/11. This cannot be simplified any more than it is.

Ad libitum [116K] · Answer 2 · 2021-11-17T00:19:15+03:00

Ad libitum [116K]3 years ago

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Answer

$\frac{5}{11}$

Step-by-step explanation:

The total number of marbles is 11 because 5+6=11. Since that is the total, 11 is the denominator. The question is asking for the probability of choosing a yellow marble. There are 5 yellow marbles, so 5 is the numerator. $\frac{5}{11}$