A box contains 5 red marbles, 8 white marbles and 4 green marbles. One marble is taken out of the box at random, the probability that the marble
A box contains 5 red marbles, 8 white marbles and 4 green marbles. One marble is taken out of the box at random, the probability that the marble taken out will be white is …………
A) 5/17
B) 8/17
C) 4/17
D) 6/9
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Correct option is: B)\(\frac8{17}\)
There are 5 red marbles, 8 white marbles and 4 green marbles in the box
\(\therefore\) Total marbles in the box = 5 + 8 + 4 = 17
The probability that taken out marble be white is
P = \(\frac {Total \,white \,marbles}{Total \,No.\, of\, marbles \,in\, the\, box}\) = \(\frac8{17}\)
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