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kelly bought 8 apples, 3 pears, and 13 oranges and brought them home in a grocery bag. If she picks one from the bag with out looking, what is the probability of choosing an apple? a pear? or an orange?

kelly bought 8 apples, 3 pears, and 13 oranges and brought them home in a grocery-example-1
User Ed Ballot
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Answer:

2/6 or 33% chance of getting an apple, 3/24 or 13% of getting a pear and 13/24 or 54% chance of getting an orange hope that helps.

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User Yoel Nisanov
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Apple-33% chance
Pear-12.5% chance
Orange-54.2% chance
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