Question

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A bag contains 24 red marbles, 17 maroon marbles, and 8 blue marbles. What is the probability of NOT selecting a red marble?

Answer 1

25/49

Explanation:

You must add the amount of the outcomes that are not red. You get 25. Then, you should add the total amount of marbles and get 49 marbles. You make it into a fraction and get 25/49

Answer 2

24 + 17 + 8 = 49 total marbles

49 - 24 = 25 non-red marbles

There are 25 marbles that are not red in the bag. So, the probability of not selecting a red marble is 25 / 49 = 0.51.

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