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Probability of Drawing White Marble

The document is a math problem about probabilities involving marbles in a jar. It asks what the probability is that a marble drawn at random from the jar is white. The jar contains 10 white marbles, 3 red marbles and 7 green marbles, for a total of 20 marbles. The probability that a marble drawn is white is 10/20 or 1/2.

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Probability of Drawing White Marble

The document is a math problem about probabilities involving marbles in a jar. It asks what the probability is that a marble drawn at random from the jar is white. The jar contains 10 white marbles, 3 red marbles and 7 green marbles, for a total of 20 marbles. The probability that a marble drawn is white is 10/20 or 1/2.

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Standard XII Maths

Question

A jar contains 3 red marbles, 7 green marbles and 10 white marbles. If a marble is
drawn from the jar at random, what is the probability that this marble is white?

7
A.
10
1
B.
2
1
C.
4
3
D.
10

1
A
2

1
B
4

7
C
10

3
D
10

Solution Verified by Toppr

Total white marbles: 10


Total Red marbles: 3
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Total green marbles: 7

Total Marbles: 10 + 3 + 7 = 20

Required probability:

10 1
P= =
20 2

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SIMILAR QUESTIONS

Q1 A jar contains 3 red marbles, 7 green marbles and 10 white marbles. If a


marble is drawn from the jar at random, what is the probability that this
marble is white?
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Q2 The probability of selecting a green marble at random from a jar that


1
contains only green, white and yellow marbles is . The probability of
4
1
selecting a white marble at random from the same jar is . If this jar
3
contains 10 yellow marbles. What is the total number of marbles in the jar?
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Q3 A box contains 7 red marbles, 10 white marbles and 5 green marbles. One
marble is taken out of the box at random. What is the probability that the
marble taken out will be
(i) not red? (ii) white? (iii) green?
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Q4 A jar contains 8 white marbles, 10 orange marbles, and some red marbles.
If the probability of picking a red marble is 1 in 4, then how many red
marbles are there?
[4 MARKS]

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