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1 in 15 chances that the marble will be blue, because there are 15 marbles all together in a bag, and you are only picking one out of it.

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Q: A bag contains 3 blue marbles 7 red marbles and 5 yellow marbles If Joe picks 1 marble from the bag at random what is the probability that it will be blue?
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