SOLUTION: a bag contains 2 red marbles and 3 blue marbles . If one marble is drawn at random what is the probability that it is red

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Question 1202683: a bag contains 2 red marbles and 3 blue marbles . If one marble is drawn at random what is the probability that it is red
Answer by ikleyn(52776)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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It is the ratio of all different possible favorable outcomes (2 in this problem) 
to the number of all different possible outcomes (5 in this case).

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