Question

A jar is filled with pennies, nickels, and dimes. The probability of picking a penny is 1/4, and the probability of picking a dime is 1/3. What is the probability of picking a nickel? Write your answer as a decimal rounded to the hundredths place.

Answer 1

What Are The Options?

Explanation:

Answer 2

0.42

Explanation:

given:

P (penny) = 1/4

P (dime) = 1/3

since the only other possibility is to pick a nickel, hence

P (nickel)

= 1 - 1/4 - 1/3

= 5/12

= 0.4166667

= 0.42 (nearest hundredth)