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In a fish tank, there are 24 goldfish, 2 angel fish, and 5 guppies. if a fish is selected at random, find the probability that it is a goldfish or an angel fish.
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In a fish tank, there are 24 goldfish, 2 angel fish, and 5 guppies. if a fish is selected at random, find the probability that it is a goldfish or an angel fish.

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there are a total of 31 fish in the tank. Therefore, the probability of it being a goldfish is 24/31 or about 77.4%, since there are 24 goldfish. The probability of it being an angel fish is 2/31 or about 6.45%, for the same reason as before. 
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