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A bag contains different colored jelly beans. In the bag, there are 5 red jelly beans, 3 blue jelly beans, 2 green jelly beans, and 2 yellow jelly

beans.
a. What is the probability of picking a blue jelly bean from the bag?
b. Some orange jelly beans are added to the bag. After adding these new jelly beans, the probability of picking a yellow jelly bean changes to 1/8. How many orange jelly beans were added?

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A bag contains different colored jelly beans. In the bag, there are 5 red jelly beans-example-1
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Answer:
1/4
Explanation:
3/12 = 1/4
(We got 12 by adding all the numbers together.)
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