Emma has a bag of marbles. There are 9 pink, 5 red, 8 green, 2 blue, and 6 white marbles in the bag. Calculate the complement of not picking a pink marble.(1 point)

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To find the complement of not picking a pink marble, we first need to calculate the total number of marbles in the bag and the number of marbles that are not pink.

  1. Count the total number of marbles:

    • Pink: 9
    • Red: 5
    • Green: 8
    • Blue: 2
    • White: 6

    Total = 9 + 5 + 8 + 2 + 6 = 30 marbles.

  2. Count the number of non-pink marbles:

    • Red, Green, Blue, and White: 5 + 8 + 2 + 6 = 21 non-pink marbles.
  3. Calculate the probability of not picking a pink marble: \[ P(\text{not pink}) = \frac{\text{number of non-pink marbles}}{\text{total number of marbles}} = \frac{21}{30} \]

  4. Calculate the complement of the probability of not picking a pink marble: \[ P(\text{pink}) = 1 - P(\text{not pink}) = 1 - \frac{21}{30} = \frac{30 - 21}{30} = \frac{9}{30} = \frac{3}{10} \]

Thus, the complement of not picking a pink marble is \( \frac{3}{10} \).

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