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Louis has a jar full of jelly beans: six lemon, four orange, three licorice, five lime, and two grape. If he selects one jelly bean at random, what is the probability that it will NOT be lemon?

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Data:

Lemon (Le) = 6
Orange (Or)= 4
Licorice (Lc) = 3
Lime (Li)= 5
Grape (Gr) = 2
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Total (jelly beans) = 20

Solving:

If he selects one jelly bean at random, what is the probability that it will NOT be lemon (Le) ?


(Or+Lc+Li+Gr)/(Total) = (4+3+5+2)/(20) = (14)/(20) simplify(/2)/(/2) = \boxed{(7)/(10)} or\boxed{0.7}or\boxed{70\%}

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