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A box contains 3 blue, 2 white and 4 red marbles. If a marble is drawn at random from the box, what is the probability that it will be

(i) white? (ii) blue? (iii) red?

Total Number of Marbles:- 9


White Marbles = 2


Blue Marbles = 3


Red Marbles = 4


(i)P(white) =


(ii)P(blue) =


(iii)P(red) =


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