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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.

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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)

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