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booker has a bag of marbles.there are 10 marbles 6 yellow marbles and 4 red marbles .book 4 teacher reaches into the bag without looking and picks a marble.what is the probability that he picks a red marbles

User J Fong
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Answer: 40% or 2/5

Explanation:

10 total marbles

6 yellow

4 red

Probability of blindly picking a red marble is 4/10 or 2/5 which can be written as 40%

User Rachelderp
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Answer:

there is a 2/5 chance of picking a red marble

Explanation:

since there are 4 marbles out of 10 marbles, the probability is 4/10. 4/10 simplified is 2/5.

User John Sloper
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