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a bag contains 20 marbles: 5 red, 5 blue, and 10 yellow what is the possibillity that a red is randomly selected

User FSCKur
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Answer:

25% chance or 1/4 or 5/20

Explanation:

All of these provided answers are the same. Since there is 20 marbles and 5 are red you just do 5/20!

User Matt Burrow
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Answer:

25% or 1/4 chance.

Explanation:

The red makes up 5 out of the 20 marbles in the bag, which translates to 1/4 or 25% chance or being picked.

Good luck! Hope this helped!

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