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In the front pocket of Kelly's backpack, there are 4 orange, 3 yellow, 4 blue, and 3 green highlighters. If Kelly randomly selects a highlighter from her backpack pocket, what is the probability that it
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In the front pocket of Kelly's backpack, there are 4 orange, 3 yellow, 4 blue, and 3 green highlighters.

If Kelly randomly selects a highlighter from her backpack pocket, what is the probability that it will be blue?

User Abhijeet Kushe
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You add them all up to get your denominator then use the amount of blue for your numerator

3/14 or 22% or .22
User Just Another Justin
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4/14 which can be reduced to 2/7
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