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A bag contains 8 green marbles , 5 red marbles and 3 blue marbles. Find the probability of drawing a blue marble.

A bag contains 8 green marbles , 5 red marbles and 3 blue marbles. Find the probability of drawing a blue marble.
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A bag contains 8 green marbles , 5 red marbles and 3 blue marbles. Find the probability of drawing a blue marble.

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18% percent chance

-hope this helps
User Dworrad
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A bag contains 8 green, 5 red, and 3 blue marbles
8 + 5 + 3 = 16

To find the probability of drawing a blue marble, set a fraction

chance of getting blue marble/total amount of marbles

3/16 is your answer, or 0.1875, or 18.75%

hope this helps
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