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A bag of 40 marbles had 8 white marbles.What is the probabilty of picking a white marble

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Answer: 8 / 48 or 1 / 6 (simplified).

Explanation:

There are 48 marbles in the bag.

8 out of the 48 marbles are white, that's why the probability is 8/48 or 1/6.

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