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A bag contains 5 blue marbles, 2 black marbles, and 3 red marbles. A marble is randomly drawn from the bag.

The probability of not drawing a black marble is
. The probability of drawing a red marble is
.
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User Arcy
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probability of not drawing a black marble :
8/10 = 4/5

probability of drawing a red marble :
3/10

i hope this helps :)
User Alexander Dmitriev
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Answer with Step-by-step explanation:

Probability of any event A is given by:

P(A)=no. of favorable outcomes/total no. of outcomes

A bag contains 5 blue marbles, 2 black marbles, and 3 red marbles.

A: Not drawing a black marble

P(A)=no. of marbles which are not black/total no. of marbles

= (5+3)/(5+3+2)

= 8/10

=0.8

B:drawing a red marble

P(B)=no. of marbles which are red/total no. of marbles

= 3/10

=0.3

Hence,

The probability of not drawing a black marble is : 0.8

The probability of drawing a red marble is :0.3

User MehranTM
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