Question

Marlena has a bag of coins the bag contains 8 quarters 10 times 4 nickels + 2 pennies she would randomly select a coin from the bag what is the probability that Marlena will select and nickel

A) 1/12
B) 1/3
C) 1/6
D) 1/5
Plz help!!​

Answer 1

C) 1/6

Explanation:

A probability is the number of desired outcomes divided by the number of total outcomes.

In this question:

We have 8 + 10 + 4 + 2 = 24 coins

Of those, 4 are nickels. So

`p = (4)/(24) = (1)/(6)`

The correct option is given by option C.