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A box of photographs contains 13 wedding photographs 4 vacation photographs and 8 holiday photographs one is randomly selected what is the probability that the photograph is a holiday photograph given that it is not a wedding photograph

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probability=desired outcomes/total possible outcomes

so
desired outcomes is the 'not wedding' photos
there are 4 vacation and 8 holiday
so 12 'not wedding' photos
12=desired outcomes


total outcomes is 13+4+8=25

so the probablity would be 12/25 or about 48%
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