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An opaque bag contains 5 green marbles, 3 blue marbles, and 2 red marbles. If a marble is drawn at random what are the ODDS of drawing a red marble? A 1:2 B 1:4 C 1:5 D 4:5

An opaque bag contains 5 green marbles, 3 blue marbles, and 2 red marbles. If a marble is drawn at random what are the ODDS of drawing a red marble? A 1:2 B 1:4 C 1:5 D 4:5
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An opaque bag contains 5 green marbles, 3 blue marbles, and 2 red marbles. If a marble is drawn at random what are the ODDS of drawing a red marble?

A 1:2

B 1:4

C 1:5

D 4:5

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If you add all of the marbles(10) and then chose the red(2) and make it a fraction 2/10, then reduce it by dividing the numerator and denominator by the same number (2) the the answer is C) 1:5
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