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There are 5 blue marbles, 2 red marbles, and 3 green marbles in a bag. What is theprobability of selecting a red marble? Your answer can be a fraction, decimal orpercent.

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Given

There are 5 blue marbles, 2 red marbles, and 3 green marbles in a bag

[tex]\begin{gathered} \text{Total Marbles =5+2+3} \\ \text{Total Marbles =10} \end{gathered}[/tex]

Probability of selecting a red marble

[tex]\text{Probability of selecting a red marble =}\frac{2}{10}=\frac{1}{5}[/tex]

The final answer

The probability of selecting a red marble

[tex]\frac{1}{5}[/tex]