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A gumball machine has 6 red gumballs, 3 green gumballs, and 5 blue gumballs. What is the probability that the next gumball that comes out will be red? 1 3 3 Alco

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In this case, we'll have to carry out several steps to find the solution.

Step 01:

Data

6 red gumballs

3 green gumballs

5 blue gumballs

probability red gumball = ?

Step 02:

total gumballs = 6 + 3 + 5 = 14

probability red gumball = red gumballs / total gumballs

probability red gumball = 6 / 14 = 3 / 7

The answer is:

probability red gumball = 3 / 7

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