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a)	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?

	(A) $1 \over 8$ (B) $3 \over 8$ (C) $3 \over 5$ (D) $5 \over 8$
	(E) None of these. The probability it is blue is __________.

b)	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?

	(A) $1 \over 10$ (B) $1 \over 6$ (C) $2 \over 5$ (D) $3 \over 5$
	(E) None of these. The chance that it is a table knife is __________.

c)	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?

	(A) $1 \over 6$ (B) $1 \over 4$ (C) $1 \over 3$ (D) $1 \over 2$
	(E) None of these. The probability it is an English book is __________.