Question

A bag contains 3 white marbles two black marbles and 5 red marbles what is the probability of picking a black marble

Answer 1

The probability of an event happening is:
the number of desired outcomes / the total number of outcomes

the number of desired outcomes is the number of black marbles
the total number of outcomes is the total number of marbles

Answer 2

just divide the number of black marbles by the total number of marbles

Answer 3

Is it 1/5

Answer 4

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Answer 5

Yes. 2/10 = 1/5
Correct.