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A bag contains 3 red, 6 blue, 5 purple, and 2 orange marbles. One marble is selected at

random. What is the probability that the marble chosen is blue? Answer with a
percentage or a simplified ratio.

User Courtsimas
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Answer:

b. The probability of choosing a blue marble is blue/total.The number of blue marbles is 6, and the total number of marbles is 16 (3 + 6 + 5 + 2 = 16).Therefore, the probability of choosing a blue marble is 16/16 = 3/8.

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User Utphx
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Answer:

60 percent i hope this helped.

Explanation:

each have a a possibility of 10 and there's 6 of of 10 compared to 3 out of 10.

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