SOLUTION: A box is filled with 6 red cards, 3 brown cards, and 3 green cards. A card is chosen at random from the box. What is the probability that it is a red or a green card? Write your

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Question 961169: A box is filled with 6 red cards, 3 brown cards, and 3 green cards.
A card is chosen at random from the box. What is the probability that it is a red or a green card?
Write your answer as a fraction in simplest form.
Answer by macston(5194) About Me  (Show Source):
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There are a total of 12 cards, and nine are either red or green,
so the probability of choosing a red or green card is 9/12=3/4.