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10-01-2018
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Maria has five orange, seven green, three red, and nine blue toothpicks in a bag. If Maria randomly selects one toothpick out of the bag, what is the probability it will be red or blue?

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journeysmith5 journeysmith5

10-01-2018

Well first you have to find how many toothpicks in the bag so O+G+R+B=24. So 24 toothpicks in a bag. And R+B=12 so you can simplify and do 1 of the following

1.12 2. 6 3. 3 4. 2 5. 1
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24 12 6 4 2

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