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A bag contains 8 red counters, 5 blue counters, and 3 green counters. what is the probability of not drawing a blue counter

A bag contains 8 red counters, 5 blue counters, and 3 green counters. what is the probability of not drawing a blue counter
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a bag contains 8 red counters, 5 blue counters, and 3 green counters. what is the probability of not drawing a blue counter

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The probability of not drawing one is 8 because 5 plus 3 is 8
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13/16 because there are 16 counters in total and 3 of them are blue so you subtract the 3 blue to find out your answer
13/16 times is the answer

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