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A box contains 5 red marbles, 8 white marbles and 4 green marbles. One marble is taken out of the box at random. What is the probability that the marble taken out will be white?

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VGS PUBLICATION-BRILLIANT-PROBABILITY-EXERCISE 13.2
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  7. Gopal buys a fish from a shop for his aquarium. The shopkeeper takes o...

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  9. One card is drawn from a well-shuffled dock of 52 cards. Find the prob...

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  10. One card is drawn from a well-shuffled dock of 52 cards. Find the prob...

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  17. 12 defective pens are accidentally mixed with 132 good ones. IT is no...

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  18. A lot of 20 bulbs contain 4 defective ones. One bulb is drawn at rando...

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  19. A box contains 90 discs which are numbered from 1 to 90. IF one disc i...

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