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A box constains 5 chocolate chip cookies, 4 sugar and 6 oatmeal raisin. What is the probability of picking a chocolate chip cookie?

A box constains 5 chocolate chip cookies, 4 sugar and 6 oatmeal raisin. What is the probability of picking a chocolate chip cookie?
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A box constains 5 chocolate chip cookies, 4 sugar and 6 oatmeal raisin. What is the probability of picking a chocolate chip cookie?

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1/3 because there are 5 chocolate chip cookies and 15 cookies in all. So your fraction would be 5/15 which simplified is 1/3
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