there is 5 white balls, 8 red balls, 7 yellow balls and 4 green balls in a container. a ball is chosen at random. what is the proability of chosing a red ball?

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Answer:

[tex]\frac{1}{3}[/tex]

Step-by-step explanation:

We can do wanted outcomes divided by possible outcomes,

[tex]\frac{8}{5+8+7+4} =\frac{8}{24} =\frac{1}{3}[/tex]

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Answer:

1/3

Step-by-step explanation:

so now let's count up all of the balls

5,8,7,4 in total there are 24 balls

there are 8 red balls out of 24

so the chances of getting a red ball is 8/24

if you simplify that, the chances of getting a red ball is 1/3