A bag contains 8 blue marbles, 6 green marbles, 12 yellow marbles, and 10 orange marbles. A marble is drawn at random from the b

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A bag contains 8 blue marbles, 6 green marbles, 12 yellow marbles, and 10 orange marbles. A marble is drawn at random from the b

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What is the probability that the marble drawn will not be blue?

A.2/9

B.3/4

C.7/9

D.7/8
I was thinking either B or D

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snow_tiger [21] · Answer 1 · 2022-08-08T21:59:08+03:00

snow_tiger [21]2 years ago

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Ok, so probablility of not drawing blue

total possible is 8+6+12+10=36

8 are blue so the total of not blue is 36-8=28

<span>so 28 out of 36=28/36=7/9 </span>
<span>the asnwer is 7/9 or C</span>