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What is the theoretical probability of randomly choosing a blue marble from a bag of 5 blue marbles, 8 red marbles, and 7 yellow marbles?

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Answer:

25%

Explanation:

There's a total of 5+8+7 = 20 marbles.

The chance of picking a blue marble is
(5)/(20) =(1)/(4) =0.25=25%, as there's 5 blue marbles and a total of 20.

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