Question

A jar contains 8 red marbles numbered 1 to 8 and 12 blue marbles numbered 1 to 12. It alse has 5 white marbles numbered 100, 200, 300, 400, and 500. A marble is drawn at random from the jar. Find the probability of the given event.

Answer 1

Answer:

Probability of red marbles = 8/25

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Complete question

A jar contains 8 red marbles numbered 1 to 8 and 12 blue marbles numbered 1 to 12. It alse has 5 white marbles numbered 100, 200, 300, 400, and 500. A marble is drawn at random from the jar. Find the probability of the given event.

a) The marble is red

Total number of marbles = 8+12+5 = 25

Probability of red marbles = total number of red marbles/Total marbles

Probability of red marbles = 8/25