Question

A box contains five red marbles, seven white marbles, and four green marbles. A student is computing probabilities by drawing marbles out of the box. Drawing one marble, what is the probability that it is red?

Answer 1

Explanation:

you have a total of 5+7+4=16 marbles in the box.

5 are red

7 are white

4 are green

If you randomly select 1 marble out of the box, the probabilities are:

5/16 chance of being red

7/16 chance of being white

4/16 chance of being green