A bag has 2 yellow marbles and 16 red marbles. Half of the red marbles are made of plastic. A marble is selected at random from the ball What is the probability that it is a red, plastic marble? Write your answer as a fraction in simplest form. ​

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In a newspaper, it was reported that yearly robberies in springfield were up 25% to 265 in 2013 from 2012. how many robberies were there in springfield in 2012?

Breana is selling tickets to a choral performance. on the first day of ticket sales , she sold 3 senior citizen tickets and 1 child ticket for a total of $38. breana took in $52 on the second day by selling 3 senior citizen tickets and 2 child tickets. what is the price of a senior citizen ticket?