Westonci.ca is the premier destination for reliable answers to your questions, brought to you by a community of experts. Explore our Q&A platform to find in-depth answers from a wide range of experts in different fields. Join our Q&A platform to connect with experts dedicated to providing accurate answers to your questions in various fields.

An urn contains 19 red marbles, 29 blue marbles, and 43 yellow marbles. one marble is to be chosen from the urn without looking. what is the probability of choosing a red marble?

Sagot :

The probability of choosing a red marble is 1/6.

What is probability ?

Probability is the chance of occurring a certain event out of total possible events that can order in a given situation.

According to the given question an urn contains 19 red marbles, 29 blue marbles, and 43 yellow marbles.

So there are total of ( 19 + 29 + 43 ) = 85 marbles.

∴ No. of sample space N(s) = 85.

No. of red marble N(red) = 19.

One marble is to be chosen from the urn without looking the probability of choosing a red marble P(red) is N(red)/N(s) which is

P(red) = 19/85

P(red) = 1/5.

learn more about probability here :

https://brainly.com/question/13155876

#SPJ4