Question

There are 5 blue marbles, 2 red marbles, and 3 green marbles in a bag. What is theprobability of selecting a red marble? Your answer can be a fraction, decimal orpercent.

Answer 1

Given

There are 5 blue marbles, 2 red marbles, and 3 green marbles in a bag

`\begin{gathered} \text{Total Marbles =5+2+3} \\ \text{Total Marbles =10} \end{gathered}`

Probability of selecting a red marble

`\text{Probability of selecting a red marble =}(2)/(10)=(1)/(5)`

The final answer

The probability of selecting a red marble

`(1)/(5)`