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a jar contains 40 marbles and 24 of those marbles are red. If a marble is drawn from the jar at random, what is the probability that the marble picked is red?

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Answer: 60% chance or 3:5

Step-by-step explanation: well, 40/24 is 0.6, which is 60%, or you can see 4 is 10%, and 20 is 50%, and add them together to get 60%. 60% is also 6:10, which can be simplified to 3:5

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