In an aquarium, there are 6 large fish and 8 small fish. Half of the large fish are blue.

One fish is selected at random. Find the probability that it is a large, blue fish.

Write your answer as a fraction in simplest form.

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Lyric Stewart

Mathematics

9 September, 06:41

In an aquarium, there are 6 large fish and 8 small fish. Half of the large fish are blue.

One fish is selected at random. Find the probability that it is a large, blue fish.

Write your answer as a fraction in simplest form.

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Answers (2)

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Cecilia Wang · Answer 1

Cecilia Wang 9 September, 06:42

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1/2 is the simple fraction

Jaslene Frank · Answer 2

3/14

Step-by-step explanation:

There are 6+8=14 fish in total

6 are large fish, half are blue so 6/2=3

3 fish are blue and large

so it is 3/14 because there is 3 fish that are blue and large and there are 14 fish in total

In an aquarium, there are 6 large fish and 8 small fish. Half of the large fish are blue.One fish is selected at random. Find the probability that it is a large, blue fish.Write your answer as a fraction in simplest form.

In an aquarium, there are 6 large fish and 8 small fish. Half of the large fish are blue.

One fish is selected at random. Find the probability that it is a large, blue fish.

Write your answer as a fraction in simplest form.