A bag contains 4 red marbles, 6 blue marbles, and 8 green marbles. One marble is to be chosen at random. What is the probability that the chosen marble will be green?

1 Answer
Jun 28, 2016

The probability that the chosen marble will be green is #4/9#.

Explanation:

There are tota #4+6+8=18# ways in which a marble can be selected.

Of which #8# lead to chosen marble being green.

Hence, the probability that the chosen marble will be green is #8/18=4/9#.