Homework Help: algebra 2

Posted by zac on Monday, March 15, 2010 at 1:18am.

A bag contains 4 white marbles, 3 red marbles, 2 green marbles, and 1 yellow marble. what is the probability of reaching in the bag and randomly choosing a white marble?

algebra 2 - Reiny, Monday, March 15, 2010 at 8:33am
there are 10 marbles of which 4 are white, so the
Prob(white) = 4/10 = 2/5

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