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Brady has a bag with 6 black pens, 6 blue pens, and 2 red pens. If he grabs a pen at random, what is the probability that the pen is not red?.

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Answer: 6/7

Explanation:

If the pen is not red, it must be either black or blue.

Therefore, the probablity is (6+6)/(6+6+2)

= 12/14

= 6/7

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