SOLUTION: A box contains 3 red balls,5yellow balls, and 2 blue balls.If a ball is picked at random from the box,what is the probability that a ball picked is a a. yellow ball? b. red ball?

Question 1065502: A box contains 3 red balls,5yellow balls, and 2 blue balls.If a ball is picked at random from the box,what is the probability that a ball picked is a
a. yellow ball?
b. red ball?
Answer by Fombitz(32388) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Probability is the number of yellow balls divided by the total number of balls.
So,

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