Asked by thomas
                From a box containing 5 blue marbles,10 red marbles,and 8 yellow marbles,Lisa removed 3 marble,one of which was blue.f she removes one more marble at random,what is the probability that it will be blur?
a. 1/4
b. 5/21
c. 1/5
d. 2/7
e. 1/6
please answer and explain
            
        a. 1/4
b. 5/21
c. 1/5
d. 2/7
e. 1/6
please answer and explain
Answers
                    Answered by
            Reiny
            
    There were 23 marbles, of which 5 were blue
3 were removed, one of them blue
so now there are 20 marbles, of which 4 are blue
prob(blue) = 4/20 = 1/5 which is C
    
3 were removed, one of them blue
so now there are 20 marbles, of which 4 are blue
prob(blue) = 4/20 = 1/5 which is C
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