Suppose a bag contains 5 blocks. 3 red, 1 yellow and 1 green. what is the probability of selecting a red block?

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answer is 3/5

since there are 3 red, there is a 3 blocks out of 5 blocks chance that a red block will chosen

Jnrg answered May 13, 2023

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