There are 2 green marbles, 4 blue marbles, 1 red marble, and 8 yellow marbles in a bag. Once a marble is drawn, it is NOT replaced. Find the probability (in simplest form) of the outcome.
To find the probability of a specific outcome, you need to divide the number of favorable outcomes by the total number of possible outcomes. In this case, the favorable outcome is drawing a specific marble, and the total number of possible outcomes is the number of marbles in the bag.
Here, we have 2 green marbles, 4 blue marbles, 1 red marble, and 8 yellow marbles in the bag. To determine the probability of the outcome, we need to consider the number of favorable outcomes for a specific marble compared to the total number of marbles.
Let's say we want to calculate the probability of drawing a green marble. We have 2 green marbles out of a total of 15 marbles (2 green + 4 blue + 1 red + 8 yellow). Therefore, the probability of drawing a green marble is 2/15.
Similarly, you can calculate the probability of drawing a blue marble, a red marble, or a yellow marble by dividing the number of favorable outcomes (number of marbles of that color) by the total number of marbles in the bag.
So, to find the probability of the outcome, you need to specify which marble color you are interested in.