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There are 8 blue marbles, 3 red marbles, and 4 yellow marbles in a bag. What is the probability of selecting a purple marble on the first draw?

There are 8 blue marbles, 3 red marbles, and 4 yellow marbles in a bag. What is the-example-1
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The probability of drawing A purple marble would be 0

The reason for the is because there are only blue, red and yellow marbles in the bag. There are no purple marbles.
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Answer:

0

Explanation:

there is only blue marbles, yellow marbles, and red marbles. there are no purple marbles so you’d be unable to pull out a purple one no matter how many times you tried. so the probability would be 0

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