Question

each bag below has 7 marbles. abdul closes his eyes and picks a marble from each bag.
bag a
bag a has 1 red marble and
6 blue marbles.
picking a blue marble from
bag a is ______.
○ certain
○ likely
○ unlikely
○ impossible
bag b
bag b has 4 yellow marbles,
2 red marbles, and 1 blue
marble.
picking a blue marble from
bag b is ______.
○ certain
○ likely
○ unlikely
○ impossible
bag c
bag c has 3 yellow marbles
and 4 red marbles.
picking a blue marble from
bag c is ______.
○ certain
○ likely
○ unlikely
○ impossible

Explanation:

Bag A:

Bag A has 1 red and 6 blue marbles (total 7). Blue marbles are more (6 out of 7), so picking blue is likely.

Bag B has 4 yellow, 2 red, 1 blue (total 7). Blue is 1 out of 7, so picking blue is unlikely.

Bag C has 3 yellow and 4 red, no blue marbles. So picking blue is impossible.

Answer:

likely

Bag B: