Question

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A hat contains 3 blue and 5 black tickets,
If one ticket is chosen at random from the hat, what is the probability that it is blue?​

Answer 1

50 % probability that the hat is blue.

Explanation:

3 blue and 3 black = 6 total tickets

3/6 chance of blue and 3/6 change of it being black

3/6 = 1/2 = 0.5 = 50%