A box contains balls: 3 red, 4 blue, and 5 yellow. A ball is hen randomly picked. What is the probability that the ball picked is blue?
A box contains balls: 3 red, 4 blue, and 5 yellow. A ball is hen randomly picked. What is the probability that the ball picked is blue?
Holt Mcdougal Larson Pre-algebra: Student Edition 2012
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Chapter6: Ratio, Proportion, And Probability
Section6.8: The Multiplication Principle
Problem 18E
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Transcribed Image Text:Determine the probability of the indicated
events. Answer with number, fraction (a/b)
format, percent (with % sign), or decimal form
(2 decimal places).
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If a pupil is called to recite, what is the probability that the
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