Relative frequencies
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Calculating relative frequencies
Question B
A bag contains 50 coloured marbles.
This table shows how many marbles of each colour are in the bag.
Colour | Red | Yellow | Orange | Green | Blue |
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Number | 10 | 5 | 20 | 5 | 10 |
a One marble is picked at random from the bag.
What is the probability of it being red or yellow or orange?
b One marble is picked at random from the bag.
What is the probability of it being blue or green?
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