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PLEASE HURRY I NEEED THIS DONE NOW STOP IGNORING ME. A bag contains 8 red marbles, 5 blue marbles, and 7 yellow marbles. If you take one marble out of the bag, which color marble has a probability of 35%?

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Explanation:

User Myridium
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Probability is desired outcomes divided by total outcomes, so long as all outcomes are equally likely.

You want blue, there a re three blue marbles, so desired outcomes = 3.

There are 3 blue + 7 red + 5 yellow = 15 total

3/15 = 1/5 = 20%

User Sharif Mamun
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