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A jar contains 8 white marbles, 6 black marbles, and 1 red marbles. If one marble is drawn at random, find the probability that the marble is black.

User Smikey
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5 votes

Answer:

2/5

Explanation:

User Ian Mc
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Answer:

Hi there!

6/15 is the probability that the marble is black!

Explanation:

Oki, so lets's find the total number of marbles first!

8 + 6 + 1 = 14 + 1 = 15

And just turn it into a fraction!(very simple and easy)

6/15

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