There is a bag with only red marbles and blue marbles. The probability of randomly choosing a red marble is 7 8 . There are 72 marbles in total in the bag and each is equally likely to be chosen. Work out how many red marbles there must be.

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Answer:

63 red marbles.

Step-by-step explanation:

Because the probability of drawing a red marble is 7/8, the number of red marbles = 7/8 * 72

= 7 * 9

= 63.