A jar contains 6 red marbles numbered 1 to 6 and 10 blue marbles numbered 1 to 10. A marble is drawn at random from the jar. Find the probability of the given event.

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Answer:

Step-by-step explanation:

a)

p

(

red marbles

)

=

6

6

+

8

p

(

red marble

)

=

3

7

b)

p

(

o

d

d

n

u

m

b

e

r

s

)

=

3

+

4

6

+

8

p

(

o

d

d

n

u

m

b

e

r

s

)

=

1

2

c)

p

(

red marbles or odd numbers

)

=

p

(

red marbles

)

+

p

(

odd numbers

)

p

(

red marbles and odd numbers

)

p

(

red marbles or odd numbers

)

=

6

14

+

7

14

3

14

p

(

red marbles or odd numbers

)

=

10

14

d)

p

(

Blue marbles or even number

)

=

p

(

Blue marbles

)

+

p

(

even numbers

)

p

(

blue marbles and even numbers

)

p

(

Blue marbles

)

=

8

14

p

(

even numbers

)

=

7

14

p

(

Blue marbles or even number

)

=

8

14

+

7

14

4

14

p

(

Blue marbles or even number

)

=

11

14

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