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3 years ago

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Maria has five orange, seven green, three red, and nine blue toothpicks in a bag. If Maria randomly selects one toothpick out of

the bag, what is the probability it will be red or blue?

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Svetradugi [14.3K]3 years ago

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Well you add them all together to get 24 and then add blue and red to get 12 so 12/24 which is 1/2 so you have a 50 ,50 chance

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