Mary selects marbles from a different bag without looking at them. This bag of marbles has 5 green marbles, 3 red marbles, and 7
blue marbles. What is the probability of her picking a red or blue marble? Write your answer in simplest form. Approximate the probability and Circle the likelihood of the event on the number line provided below.
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