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A basket contains 14 white eggs, 15 brown eggs, and 11 lemons. Taylor is in a hurry to make breakfast and picks something from the basket at random.The exact probability that Taylor picks an egg from the basket is

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14 + 15 = 29 eggs
14 + 15 + 11 = 40 total items

the exact probability is 29/40
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29/40 because there are 14 white and 15 brown eggs

14+15 is 29 and 40 is the total so 29/40
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