Question

a bag contains 2 gold marbles, 8 silver marbles, and 23 black marbles. you randomly select one marble from the bag. what is the probability that you select a gold marble? write your answer as a reduced fraction. p(gold marble) =

Explanation:

Step1: Calculate total marbles

$2 + 8+23=33$

Step2: Calculate probability of gold marble

$P(\text{gold marble})=\frac{\text{Number of gold marbles}}{\text{Total number of marbles}}=\frac{2}{33}$

Answer:

$\frac{2}{33}$