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Jason and Jenny are out on a lunch date. Jason gives Jenny a bouquet that has 4 roses, 3 carnations, and 4 orchids. They decide that Jenny gets to choose their lunch order if the flower she randomly picks from the bouquet is a carnation or a rose. What is the probability that Jenny gets to choose lunch?

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Answer:

After doing the calculations, I also got 7/11 as my answer.

Explanation:

User Faery
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add all flowers to get denominator

4+3+4=11

now add carnations and roses

3+4=7

so your answer is

7/11 chance
User Jeremy Meadows
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