Color A Yellow Green Blue Purple To select the Tribute to represent Clayton State University in the Statistics Games, a vase filled with colored marbles is used. Over the semester, students earn entries by performing well on tests of statistical skill and by winning battles against other students. At the end of the semester, there are 5 different students eligible for selection, represented by the colors Red, Yellow, Green, Blue, and Purple. There are 50 marbles total in the vase. There are 12 red, 7 yellow, 5 green, 17 blue, and the rest are purple. One marble will be drawn at random, and that student will be the Tribute. P(color) 0.24 0.14 0.10 B Zoom What value goes in the area labeled "A"?

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Color
A
Yellow Green
Blue
Purple
To select the Tribute to represent Clayton State University in the Statistics
Games, a vase filled with colored marbles is used. Over the semester,
students earn entries by performing well on tests of statistical skill and by
winning battles against other students. At the end of the semester, there are 5
different students eligible for selection, represented by the colors Red, Yellow,
Green, Blue, and Purple. There are 50 marbles total in the vase. There are 12
red, 7 yellow, 5 green, 17 blue, and the rest are purple. One marble will be
drawn at random, and that student will be the Tribute.
P(color) 0.24
0.14
0.10
Q Zoom
What value goes in the area labeled "A"?
A
50
Purple
C
D
Marbles
Red
12
Transcribed Image Text:Color A Yellow Green Blue Purple To select the Tribute to represent Clayton State University in the Statistics Games, a vase filled with colored marbles is used. Over the semester, students earn entries by performing well on tests of statistical skill and by winning battles against other students. At the end of the semester, there are 5 different students eligible for selection, represented by the colors Red, Yellow, Green, Blue, and Purple. There are 50 marbles total in the vase. There are 12 red, 7 yellow, 5 green, 17 blue, and the rest are purple. One marble will be drawn at random, and that student will be the Tribute. P(color) 0.24 0.14 0.10 Q Zoom What value goes in the area labeled "A"? A 50 Purple C D Marbles Red 12
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