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There are 24 red marbles in a bag 68 marbles, and 8 of those marbles are both red and white striped. 27 marbles are white striped and of those marbles, the same 8 marbles would be both red and white striped). Find the probability of drawing out a marble from the bag that is either red or white striped.

a.

\(\frac{12}{35}\)

b.

\(\frac{43}{68}\)

c.

\(\frac{26}{68}\)

d.

\(\frac{32}{55}\)

Answer: (b).\(\frac{43}{68}\)

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