A bag contains 8 red marbles, 3 blue marbles, and 1 green marble. What is the probability that a randomly selected marble is not blue?

Samantha Hughes asked Mar 3, 2022

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Answer:

.75

Explanation:

8 red marbles, 3 blue marbles, and 1 green marble = 12 marbles

P( not blue) = marbles that are not blue / total

=(8red+1 green) / 12

=9/12

= 3/4

.75

Calvin Zhang answered Mar 7, 2022

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