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John has 8 marbles in his pocket, 5 are red and 3 are blue. If John pulls one marble out of his pocket what is the probability that it is blue? |
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(A) \(1 \over 8\) (B) \(3 \over 8\) (C) \(3 \over 5\) (D) \(5 \over 8\) |
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(E) None of these. The probability it is blue is __________. |
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A kitchen drawer contains 4 steak knives and 6 table knives. If one knife is taken from the drawer, what is the chance that it is a table knife? |
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(A) \(1 \over 10\) (B) \(1 \over 6\) (C) \(2 \over 5\) (D) \(3 \over 5\) |
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(E) None of these. The chance that it is a table knife is __________. |
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Mere has 6 textbooks in her bag: 2 are mathematics books, one is a social studies book and the rest are English books. She takes out one book at random. What is the probability that it is an English book? |
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(A) \(1 \over 6\) (B) \(1 \over 4\) (C) \(1 \over 3\) (D) \(1 \over 2\) |
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(E) None of these. The probability it is an English book is __________. |