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Question 247718: A bag contains 2 green and 3 blue marbles. If Jake chooses one marble from the bag at random, what is the probability that it is blue? Express your answer as a common fraction. Answer by stanbon(75887) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! A bag contains 2 green and 3 blue marbles. If Jake chooses one marble from the bag at random, what is the probability that it is blue? Express your answer as a common fraction.
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# of ways to pick a blue marble: 3
# of ways to pick a marble: 5
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P(pick blue) = 3/5
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Cheers,
Stan H.
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