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A sporting goods store received an order of 80 baseball caps, of which 12 were green. If 1 of the 80 caps is selected at random, what is the probability it will NOT be green?

15%
68%
85%
88%

User Starscream
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Answer:

C. 85%

Explanation:
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User Milovan
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Answer:

85%

Explanation:

If the sporting goods store received a lot of 80 baseball caps... and 12 of them were green that means that 68 (80-12) were NOT green.

Thus, the probably to randomly pick up a cap that is NOT green is 68 out of 80...

68/80 = 17/20 = 85%

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