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A bag contains 5 yellow marbles, 7 pink marbles, and 3 purple marbles. Gordon selects a marble without looking. What is the probability that he selects a yellow marble or a purple marble? 2/45 1/15 7/15
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A bag contains 5 yellow marbles, 7 pink marbles, and 3 purple marbles. Gordon selects a marble without looking.

What is the probability that he selects a yellow marble or a purple marble?

2/45

1/15

7/15

8/15

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1st you add up all the marbles so we got 15 so the answe will be out of 15 then next we add up nhe number of yellow and purple marbles 5+3= 8 so the answe will be 8/15
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