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In an aquarium, there are 6 large fish and 8 small fish. Half of the large fish are blue.

One fish is selected at random. Find the probability that it is a large, blue fish.
Write your answer as a fraction in simplest form.

User Mahbub
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1/2 is the simple fraction
User Omri Shneor
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Answer:

3/14

Explanation:

There are 6+8=14 fish in total

6 are large fish, half are blue so 6/2=3

3 fish are blue and large

so it is 3/14 because there is 3 fish that are blue and large and there are 14 fish in total

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