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A classroom survey of 26 students determined that 19 own a pet. Find the experimental probability that a student selected at random owns a pet.

A 49%
B 14%
C 73%
D 67%

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I believe that D would be the correct answer
User Josh Gibson
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The odds of an event is:

(event\ you\ want)/(total\ number\ of\ events)=(19)/(29)=65.5%

The odds that a random student will have a pet is 65.6%, or rounded to D, about 67%.
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