Question

A bag with 10 marbles has 2 yellow marbles, 4 blue marbles, and 4 red marbles. A marble is chosen from the bag at random. What is the probability that it is yellow?

Answer 1

P(Y) = 2/10 = 1/5

Explanation:

From the above question:

Total number of marbles = 10 marbles

Number of yellow marbles = 2 yellow marbles

Number of blue marbles = 4 blue marbles

Number of red marbles = 4 red marbles.

The probability of choosing a marble that is yellow is calculated as:

= P(Y) = Number of yellow marbles/Total number of marbles

P(Y) = 2/10

P(Y) = 1/5