A bag contains 6 blue marbles, 5 yellow marbles, 3 white marbles, and 1 red marble.

What is the probability of not selecting a white marble?

A. 2/3

B. 3/4

C. 4/5

D. 1/5

Please explain how you got the answer so I can learn

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Respuesta :

Total number of marbles:

[tex]6 + 5 + 3 + 1 = 15 \: marbles[/tex]

Total number of possibilities excluding white marbles:

[tex]6 + 5 + 1 = 12 \: marbles[/tex]

The probability of an event occuring is given by:

[tex]p(a) = \frac{number \: of \: possibilities}{total \: number \: of \: possibilities} [/tex]

[tex]p(a) = \frac{12}{15} = \frac{4}{5} [/tex]

Letter C