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A bag contains 8 black marbles, 16 white marbles, 14 red marbles, and 10 green marbles. a marble is drawn at random from the bag. what is the probability that the marble drawn will not be white?

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User Gyoza
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Answer:

2/3

Explanation:

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User Meatherly
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A 2/3 (67%) chance, which is likely.

There are a total of 48 marbles. If you take out the white marbles, 32 out of the 48 total marbles are not white (32/48). Simplify the fraction and you get 2/3.
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