Question

3. There are 6 red marbles and 11 orange marbles in a bag. You
randomly choose one of the marbles. What is the probability of choosing a
red marble?

Answer 1

Answer:

6/17

Step-by-step explanation:

The probability of chosing a red marble is 6/17 because in total there are 11+6=17 marbles and 6 red marbles. If you combine thos together you get 6/17

Answer 2

Answer:

35%

Step-by-step explanation:

First you have add all three marble colors up.

$6+11=17$

Now you will divide the number of red marbles by the number of the total numbers.

$\frac{6}{17}$

Which equals, $0.35$.

Which means, the probability that you will pick a red marble is 35%

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