A bag contains 4 red marbles, 16 yellow marbles, 5 purple marbles, 16 blue marbles, and 10 green marbles. What is the probability of pulling out a red or a green marble?

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asked Dec 1, 2017 131k views

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Zombi · Answer 1 · 2017-12-05T09:30:55+0000

Answer:

add all marbles together to get total number of marbles that can be drawn.

4+16+5+16+10=51 total marbles

10 of the green out of 51 or 10:51

so we divide 10 by 51 or 10/51

equals .196 or 20% rounded