Pull the colored marble out of a bowl Choosing a marble at random, there are 120 marbles in the ball of which 80 or black 28 or white and the rest are red use words and numbers to describe the probability that she will pull a red marble out of the bowl. Show your work

Answer 1

The total number of marbles in the bowl is 120. Of these, the number of red marbles is 120 - 80 (black) - 28 (white) = 12.

So, the probability of pulling a red marble out of the bowl is 12/120 = 1/10 = 0.1 or 10%.