a bag contains 2 red marbles and 1 yellow marble. Wh are the odds of picking the yellow marble?

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A bag contains two red marbles and one yellow marble. A marble is randomly selected from the bag. What are the odds in favor of picking the yellow marble?

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Explanation & Answer

There are a total of 2+1 = 3 marbles in the bag. Only one of them is yellow.

So, the odds of picking the yellow one is 1/3 or 1:3


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