There are 24 marbles in a jar. Nine of the marbles are yellow and the remainder are blue. What is the probability of picking one blue marble from the jar?
Is the correct response 5/8?
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To calculate the probability of picking a blue marble from the jar, we need to determine the number of blue marbles in relation to the total number of marbles.
Given that there are 24 marbles in total and 9 of them are yellow, we can find the number of blue marbles by subtracting the number of yellow marbles from the total number of marbles: 24 - 9 = 15.
Therefore, there are 15 blue marbles in the jar. Now, to find the probability of picking a blue marble, we need to divide the number of favorable outcomes (blue marbles) by the number of possible outcomes (total marbles).
The probability of picking one blue marble can be calculated as: Number of blue marbles / Total number of marbles = 15 / 24 = 5/8.
So, yes, the correct response is indeed 5/8.