Katie has 8 black marbles, 12 clear marbles, and 16 blue marbles in a bag. If she picks one at random, what is the probability that she will pick a black marble? (Enter your answer as a fraction in its reduced form.)

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anonymous · Answer

The blue marbles

anonymous · Answer

What is the total amount of marbles?

anonymous · Answer

What is 8+12+16?

anonymous · Answer

all the marbles she had @cassidyohrt

anonymous · Answer

In order to solve this problem, you need to find the total amount of marbles she has. I'm not going to tell you the answer directly, but I will help you solve it.

uri · Answer

# of favourable marbles
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# of total marbles
 i think :p

anonymous · Answer

# of black marble
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total # of marbles