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At noon, Manny's Café had 12 banana muffins, 10 chocolate muffins, 6 blueberry muffins, and 7 vanilla muffins. What is the probability that the next muffin sold is a vanilla muffin? How likely is this event? The probability that the next muffin sold is a vanilla muffin is . It is that this event occurs.

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1/5 it is unlikely

User Hugo Silva
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12 banana,10 chocolate,6 blueberry, 7 vanilla ....added = 35
out of 35 total muffins, 7 are vanilla
P(next muffin sold is vanilla) = 7/35 reduces to 1/5 or 20%
It is unlikely that the next muffin is vanilla
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