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A bag contains 4 pennies, 6 nickels, and 10 dimes. What is the probability of randomly selecting a nickel or dime from the bag?
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A bag contains 4 pennies, 6 nickels, and 10 dimes. What is the probability of randomly selecting a nickel or dime from the bag?

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There are 20 coins total and 16 of them are nickels AND dimes so...
16/20=> 4/5
80%
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User Arslan Tabassum
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16 out of 20 (simplified is 4 out of 5) or 80%
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