A bag with 8 marbles has 4 red marbles, 3 blue marbles, and 1 yellow marble. A marble is chosen from the bag at random. What is the probability that it is red? Write your answer as a fraction in simplest form.
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So the probability of choosing a red marble is the ratio of red marbles to total marbles, which is 4/8. To simplify this fraction, we can divide both the numerator and the denominator by their greatest common divisor, which is 4. So, the simplified fraction is 4/8 Show more…
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