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a box shaped biscuits contain 15 squares, 17 triangles, 6 rectangles, 4 diamonds and 8 hexagons. If a biscuit is chosen at random, what is the probability of choosing a square one (give your answer as
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a box shaped biscuits contain 15 squares, 17 triangles, 6 rectangles, 4 diamonds and 8 hexagons. If a biscuit is chosen at random, what is the probability of choosing a square one (give your answer as a fraction in simplest form

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Add the numbers up to get the total number of biscuits, which will be 50. Then, make a fraction using the squares, which will be 15/50. Simplify by 5. The answer will be 3/10.
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