Medium
A bag contains 3 red balls and 5 blue balls. A ball is drawn at random. What is the probability that it is red?
Explanation
Explanation
Total number of balls = 3 + 5 = 8. Number of favourable outcomes (red balls) = 3. P(red) = 3/8.
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