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A box contains 4 oranges, 9 apples, and 3 pears. Liliana selects a piece of fruit from the box at random.

What is the probability that she selects an orange or a pear?

1/20

3/64

7/16

9/16

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Answer is 7/16.
Add number of fruit total to get denominator. Add number of oranges and pears to get numerator.
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