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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 (i) red ? (ii) white ? (iii) not green ?

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The correct Answer is:
(i) `5/17`
(ii) `8/17`
(iii) `13/17`
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