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A jar contains 4 red marbles and 8 blue marbles. a marble is drawn from the jar. What is the probability that a red marble is drawn?

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Answer:- 1/4.

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User Nam G VU
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4 red marbles.
8 blue marbles.

Now lets add these two to find out the total.

4 + 8 = 12

So, 12 marbles in total.

4 red marbles so our fraction would look like this:-


(4)/(12)

Lets simplify:-


(4/4)/(8/4) = (1)/(4)

So, our answer in simplest form is:-
(1)/(4).

Hope i helped ya!!
User Savinson
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