SOLUTION: A bag contains 1 red ball, between 3 and 5 blue balls, and between 5 and 9 green balls. If a ball is chosen from the bag at random, what is a reasonable probability of choosing the

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Question 429563: A bag contains 1 red ball, between 3 and 5 blue balls, and between 5 and 9 green balls. If a ball is chosen from the bag at random, what is a reasonable probability of choosing the red ball?
Answer by ewatrrr(24785)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

Hi
A bag contains 1 red ball,
between 3 and 5 blue balls : average 4
between 5 and 9 green balls : average 7
Bag containing 12 balls on the average:
reasonable probability of choosing the red ball: 1/12
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