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A box contains 5 red marbles, 8 white marbles, and 4 green marbles, One marble is taken out of the box at random. What is the probability that the marble taken out will be red?
Solution
A box contains 5 red, 4 green and 8 white marbles and a marble is drawn at random.
To find: Probability of getting a marble red
Total number of marbles: `5+4+8=17`
The total number of red marbles is 5.
We know that probability = `"Number of favourable event"/"Total number of events"`
Hence, the probability of getting red marble = `5/17`
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