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There is a bag with only red marbles and blue marbles.

The probability of randomly choosing a red marble is
5
8
.
There are 56 marbles in total in the bag and each is equally likely to be chosen.
Work out how many red marbles there must be.

User Karikari
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Answer:

35 red marbles

Explanation:

since probability for red marbles is 5/8

and they are 56 marbles in the bag

so it will be 5/8 Ă— 56

= 35

so the bag is likely to have 35 red marbles

User Solange
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