Question

each bag below has 7 marbles. ivan closes his eyes and picks a marble from each bag. bag a: bag a has 2 yellow marbles and 5 blue marbles. picking a red marble from bag a is ____. options: certain, likely, unlikely, impossible. bag b: bag b has 6 red marbles and 1 blue marble. picking a red marble from bag b is __. options: certain, likely, unlikely, impossible. bag c: bag c has 5 yellow marbles, 1 red marble, and 1 blue marble. picking a red marble from bag c is ____. options: certain, likely, unlikely, impossible.

Explanation:

Step1: Check Bag A for red marbles

Bag A has only yellow and blue marbles (no red), so picking red is impossible.

Step2: Check Bag B for red marbles

Bag B has 6 red marbles out of 7 total, so picking red is likely.

Step3: Check Bag C for red marbles

Bag C has 1 red marble out of 7 total, so picking red is unlikely.

Answer:

Bag A: impossible
Bag B: likely
Bag C: unlikely