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Robort has a bag of marbles with 7blue marbles 5purple 12red and 6orange how many times can he get purple

 Jan 28, 2015

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If you're asking about the probability of drawing  a purple one......

The probability is 5 out of 30 or 1/6......Thus, for every 30 draws, he would, theoretically, pick a purple one 5 times

This is assuming that we replace a marble after every draw........

 

 Jan 29, 2015
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the probability of him getting purple is 1/6

 Jan 28, 2015
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If you're asking about the probability of drawing  a purple one......

The probability is 5 out of 30 or 1/6......Thus, for every 30 draws, he would, theoretically, pick a purple one 5 times

This is assuming that we replace a marble after every draw........

 

CPhill Jan 29, 2015

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