A bag of marbles contains 8 red marbles ,4 blue marbles and 5 white marbles .tom picks a marble at random is is more likely that he picks a red marble or a marble of another color ?

It's more likely that Tom will pick a marble of another colour.

Step-by-step explanation:

In total there are 17 marbles and there are only 8 red ones

8/17

And the Blue and White marbles equal to 9

9/17

Therefore the other colours have a better chance at being picked than the red marbles.

27/4x^6 y^8

step-by-step explanation:

4(3x^2y^4)^3 (2x^3y^5)^4

=

108x^6 y^12 /16x^12 y^20

=

108 /16x^6 y^8

=

27 /4x^6 y^8