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A bag of marbles contains 3 yellow, 2 red, 2 green, and 1 blue marble. What is the probability of selecting a green marble?

User Cruz Jean
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Answer:

Ratio: 2:8/1:4

Percentage: 25%

Explanation:

add all the marbles then put it in the denominator. the amount of green marbles will then be placed in the numerator to get 2:8 which simplifies to 1:4 and id you want percentage its 25%

User Demkovych
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Answer:

2/8

Explanation:

There are 2 green marbles.

In all, there are 8 marbles.

So, the probability is 2/8.

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