A jar contains 100 marbles. There are 35 blue marbles, 34 green marbles, 28 red marbles, and 3 yellow marbles. What is the probability of randomly selecting a yellow marble?

2 Answers
Mar 29, 2018

The probability of randomly selecting a yellow marble is 3/100.

Explanation:

The probability of selecting a yellow marble is the number of yellow marbles divided by the total number of marbles.

P_(yellow) = 3/100

Mar 30, 2018

3/100

Explanation:

"the probability of an event is"

"number of favourable outcomes"/"count"

"here the count is 100"

"favourable outcome is a yellow marble from a"
"possible 3 yellow marbles"

rArrP("yellow")=3/100