In a bag containing 5 blue marbles, 3 green marbles, and 2 red marbles, what is the probability of randomly picking a green marble? Write answer as fraction in simplest form.

P (green) = __

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To find the probability of randomly picking a green marble from the bag, we first need to determine the total number of marbles in the bag.

The contents of the bag are:

  • 5 blue marbles
  • 3 green marbles
  • 2 red marbles

Now, we can calculate the total number of marbles:

\[ \text{Total number of marbles} = 5 + 3 + 2 = 10 \]

Next, we find the number of favorable outcomes, which is the number of green marbles:

\[ \text{Number of green marbles} = 3 \]

The probability of picking a green marble is the number of green marbles divided by the total number of marbles:

\[ P(\text{green}) = \frac{\text{Number of green marbles}}{\text{Total number of marbles}} = \frac{3}{10} \]

Therefore, the probability of randomly picking a green marble is:

\[ \boxed{\frac{3}{10}} \]