Question

Mackenzie has a bag that contains 6 red marbles, 4 blue marbles, and 14yellow marbles. If she chooses one marble from the bag, what is theprobability that the marble is not yellow?O A. 1 / 2OB.5CC.52D.D.

Answer 1

Determine the total number of marbles in the bag.

$\begin{gathered} T=6+4+14 \\ =24 \end{gathered}$

The number of marbles that ae not yellow are red and blue, whose total count is 10 in bag.

Determine the probability for the choosen marble is not yellow.

$\begin{gathered} P\text{ (Not yellow)=}\frac{10}{24} \\ =\frac{5}{12} \end{gathered}$

So answer is 5/12.

Option C is correct.