Mr. Lim has a bag with some marbles colored red, yellow, green, blue, and white. The marbles are identical in number. Mr. Lim will conduct a chance experiment by randomly drawing a marble from the bag and then returning it after noting the color. Based on 50 trials, how many green marbles will Mr. Lim expect to pick?(1 point)

 ________green marbles

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If Mr. Lim has an equal number of marbles of each color and there are five colors (red, yellow, green, blue, and white), then the probability of drawing a green marble in one trial is \( \frac{1}{5} \).

In 50 trials, the expected number of green marbles he would pick can be calculated as follows:

\[ \text{Expected number of green marbles} = \text{Number of trials} \times \text{Probability of picking a green marble} = 50 \times \frac{1}{5} = 10. \]

Therefore, Mr. Lim will expect to pick \( \boxed{10} \) green marbles.