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?
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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