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There are a total of 25 Marbles The chances are 3 out of 25 drawing a Red marble. 3/25 = 12% chance of drawing a red marble

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Q: A box contains 3 red marbles 6 blue marbles 12 green marbles and 4 purple marbles if a marble is drawn from the box what is the probability that it is red?
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