Elizabeth placed 26 plastic beads in a brown paper bag. She has 3 red, 4 yellow, 6 pink, 2 green, 1 purple, 8 orange, and 2 blue beads. If she randomly selects one bead from the bag, what is the theoretical probability that Elizabeth will select a green bead? Write your answer in the form of a fraction in the simplest form

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anonymous · Answer

how many ways can she succeed?              how many green marbles
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how many ways can she do it?                       how many marbles

anonymous · Answer

ok, make that beads instead of marbles, sorry

anonymous · Answer

thanks....

anonymous · Answer

it says to simplify.... can you simplify 2/26?

anonymous · Answer

do they have a common factor?

anonymous · Answer

no.... i dont think so

anonymous · Answer

what do you get when you divide the top and the bottom by 2?

anonymous · Answer

1/13.... thanks that helped alot.... math really isnt my strongest subject

anonymous · Answer

you get good at whatever you practice... 
if that isn't math, ok, get good at something else

anonymous · Answer

i am.... math isnt my thing.... Im much better in English