The spinner below has 6 equal regions. Find the probability of landing on yellow for the first spin and not landing on yellow on the second spin.
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When drawing a marble out of a bag of red, green, and yellow marbles 8 times, a red or yellow marble is drawn 6 times. What is the probability of drawing a green marble?
A
0.025
B
0.125
C
0.25
D
0.75

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First, understand that the probability of an event is calculated as the number of successful outcomes divided by the total number of possible outcomes.
In this problem, the total number of draws is 8, and a red or yellow marble is drawn 6 times. Therefore, the number of times a green marble is drawn is 8 - 6 = 2.
The probability of drawing a green marble is the number of times a green marble is drawn divided by the total number of draws.
Set up the probability formula: P(green) = (Number of green marbles drawn) / (Total number of draws).
Substitute the known values into the formula: P(green) = 2 / 8, and simplify the fraction to find the probability.
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