Two identical containers contain marbles. Container 1 has 2 white marbles and one red marble. Contanier 2 has one white marble and one red marble. Suppose you select a container at random and then draw out a marble. What is the probability of drawing a white marble?

For my answer I got 2 out of 6. Is that answer right?

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Originally Posted by prettyinpinkgirl

For my answer I got 2 out of 6. Is that answer right?

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There's a 66.67% chance of drawing a white marble from container 1.
There's a 50% chance of drawing a while marble from container 2.
Your answer is 30% which is less than either of those... you might want to double check your work.