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A bag contains 7 red marbles, 8 blue marbles, and 3 green marbles. If two marbles are drawn out of the bag, what is the exact probability that both marbles drawn will be red?

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7/18 because you add 7+8+3=18 then you put the number of red marbles on top and that’s your answer
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Answer:

7/18

Step-by-step explanation:

put the sum of all the marbles as the denominator and the the total of red marbles as the numerator

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