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Dracula was setting up a room with tables for an event. The room had5 green tables, 11 yellow tables, 12 blue tables, and 7 purple tables.Each table can seat 10 people.What is the probability that the first person to enter the room will berandomly seated at a yellow table?Give your answer as a reduced fraction.

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Solution

The room had 5 green tables, 11 yellow tables, 12 blue tables, and 7 purple tables.

Probability that the first person to enter the room will be randomly seated at a yellow table


pr(seating\text{ at a }yellow\text{ table})=(11)/(35)

Hence the correct answer is 11/35

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