SOLUTION: If there are 5 blue marbles, 8 green marbles and 3 purple marbles in a bag, what is the probability of pulling out a blue marble if you put your hand in the bag and pulled out a ma

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Question 1159103: If there are 5 blue marbles, 8 green marbles and 3 purple marbles in a bag, what is the probability of pulling out a blue marble if you put your hand in the bag and pulled out a marble at random?
Answer by Boreal(15235) About Me  (Show Source):
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There are 16 marbles and 5 of them are blue.
Probability is 5/16