A jar contains 17 orange,7 pink, and 4 black marbles. A marble is drawn at random.What is the probability that the marble is pink or orange

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Hernandez · Answer 1 · 2019-03-23T17:32:05+0000

Sample space = 17 + 7 + 4 = 28
P(pink) = 7/28
P(orange) = 17/28
P(pink or orange) = P(pink) + P(orange)
P(pink or orange) = 7/28 + 17/28
P(pink or orange) = 24/28
P(pink or orange) = 6/7 or 0.857143 or 85.7%

A jar contains 17 orange,7 pink, and 4 black marbles. A marble is drawn at random.What is the probability that the marble is pink or orange

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