A bag of marbles contains 6 blue glass marbles, 5 yellow glass marbles, 19 blue stone marbles, and 3 yellow stone marbles. What is the probability of selecting a marble and having that marble be either a blue marble or a stone marble?

A bag of marbles contains 6 blue glass marbles, 5 yellow glass marbles, 19 blue stone marbles, and 3 yellow stone marbles. What is the probability of selecting a marble and having that marble be either a blue marble or a stone marble?

A First Course in Probability (10th Edition)

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Author:Sheldon Ross

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Chapter1: Combinatorial Analysis

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