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PLEASE HELP THIS IS DUE TODAY! -----A bouquet of flowers has 3 pink roses, 5 red roses, and 4 yellow tulips. A represents the event that a randomly selected flower is a pink rose. What is the probability of the complement of event A? Enter your answer as a fraction, in simplified form, in the box.

User CdkMoose
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Answer:

3/4

Explanation:

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User Rick Byers
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3pink
5red
4yellow
12 total roses.

Probability of selecting a pink rose would be 3/12 or 1/4.
p(pink)=3/12=1/4

The complement of that would be 1-1/4=3/4.

P(NOT pink)=1-1/4=3/4

So theres a 3/4 chance that she WON'T randomly select a pink rose.

Answer=3/4
User Matija Gobec
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