SOLUTION: Find the probability of the following. A box contains 30 striped or solid paper clips: 8 are red, 3 are green, 5 are blue,

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Question 1155315: Find the probability of the following. A box contains 30 striped or solid paper clips: 8 are red, 3 are green, 5 are blue, 7 are blue and red, 3 are black, and 4 are white. One paper clip is chosen. 1.______ The paper clip is green 2.______ The paper clip is blue 3._______The paper clip is either red or blue 4 4.______ The paper clip is black or white
Answer by Boreal(15235) About Me  (Show Source):
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For green (3) it would be 3/30 or 10%
For blue (5) it is 5/30 or 1/6
For red or blue it is the probability of each added. There is nothing to subtract, because red and blue can't both occur in one. This would be 13/30.
For black or white it would be 7/30.