Josephina lives on a farm with 3 sheep, 2 goats, 11 chickens, and 5 cows. She is going to randomly select an animal to take to the stock show. What is the probability of randomly selecting a cow or a goat

Tim Riffe asked Jan 16, 2022

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Tim Riffe asked Jan 16, 2022

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Answer:

7/21 or 1/3

Explanation:

Adding all the animals together, we get 21. Then we add just the cows and the goats and get 7. Then we do 7/21 = 1/3 simplified

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