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A person has 30 Rap songs, 25 R&B songs, 30 Alternative songs, 22 Pop songs, 15 Country songs, and 28 Hip Hop songs stored on an MP3 player (a total of 150 songs). If the person set the MP3 player to random shuffle, what are the odds of the first song being played being a Country song?

A) .1
B) .2
C) .3
D) .4

User Nick Zhang
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Answer:

10% or 1/10 chance

Explanation:

The chances of playing a country song first try is 15/150 or 1/10. There is a 10% chance of playing a country song on the first try.

User Marc Gear
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