A jar contains 15 red marbles, 10 green marbles, and 11 blue marbles. What is the probability that a marble chosen at random from the jar will NOT be green?

6mm^3 or .6cm^3

      216

      /   \

  36     6

  /   \     /

6     6   6

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answer:   x (x+6)^2, choice b

discussion:

factor x out of the equation:

x^3 + 12x^2 + 36x = x (x^2 + 12x + 36).

note that 6+6 = 12 and 6*6 = 36 so the above factors into:

x (x+6)^2

which is choice b

you,

mrb

you just switch the numbers basically so it would be 3/17