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Mrs. Reeves has 20 identical boxes. She knows that she has 2 boxes of pens, 10 boxes of paper, 2 boxes of crayons, and 6 box3es of glue. She opens one box. What is the probability it is glue?

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Answer:

3/10

Explanation:

Probability box opened is glue = number of boxes that contain glue / total number of boxes

6/20

To transform to the simplest form. divide both the numerator and the denominator by 2

3/10

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