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Shoe bargain corner types colors walking black basketball blue cross-trainer red badminton white baseball silver you notice the sign above at a mall. suppose the store has equal numbers of each shoe. you select a shoe at random. what is the probability of selecting a baseball shoe that is red, white, or silver?

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The answer is 25;1/25

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Baseball shoes are 1/5 of the shoe types. Red, white, or silver are 3/5 of the shoe colors. The probability of choosing a red, white, or silver baseball shoe is
(1/5)(3/5) = 3/25 = 0.12
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