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A box of writing utensils on a teacher's desk contains 5 red pencils, 7 green pencils, 9 red markers, and 4 green markers.

What is the probability of selecting a red writing utensil or a marker?

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Answer:

18/25= 72%

Explanation:

total writing utensils = 25

add red utensils ( 5 pencils + 9 markers) = 14 plus 4 markers = 18

18/25= 72%

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