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Drawing colored marbles from a bag
The Setup: A bag contains marbles of different colors. You reach in without looking and draw one marble at random. What's the probability of getting a specific color?
This is the simplest probability scenario — each marble is equally likely to be drawn.
Click a scenario to see the probability calculation:
For single draws, probability is simply the ratio of target marbles to total marbles. Each marble is equally likely to be drawn, making this a uniform distribution.