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Meg has a button box. She has 2 red, 4 pink, 7orange. And 19 blue. What ia the likelihood that Meg witll pick a pink button?

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I got 1/8
I know there is 32 buttons
User Anil Mathew
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You can give the answer as a fraction, so if you add up all of the amounts (2 + 4 + 7 + 19) you get 32. Because there are 4 pink buttons, you can say the chance is 4/32, which can be simplified to 2/16 and then 1/8, which is your final answer. I hope this helps!
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