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What is the probability of picking a blue coin out of a bag that contains 5 blue and 10 red coins

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the probability is 5/15 or 1/3.

You add up all the coins (5+10=15) and since there’s 5 blue coins in the bag, you put 5 over 15. You simplify that to 1/3.

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