Given:
Number of red marbles = 8
Number of blue marbles = 5
Number of green marbles = 11
Number of yellow marbles = 1
One marble is selected at random.
To find:
The P(red, green or yellow).
Solution:
Number of red, green or yellow marbles = 8 + 11 + 1
= 20
Total number of marbles = 8 + 5 + 11 + 1
= 25
The probability of getting a red, green or yellow marble is:
[tex]P(\text{red, green or yellow})=\dfrac{\text{number of red, green or yellow marbles}}{\text{Total number of marbles}}[/tex]
[tex]P(\text{red, green or yellow})=\dfrac{20}{25}[/tex]
[tex]P(\text{red, green or yellow})=\dfrac{4}{5}[/tex]
[tex]P(\text{red, green or yellow})=0.8[/tex]
Therefore, the value of P(red, green or yellow) is 0.8.
