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A bakery has 15 desserts for sale, including 6 cookies.What is the probability that a randomly selected dessert will be a cookie?Write your answer as a fraction or whole number.P(cookie) =
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A bakery has 15 desserts for sale, including 6 cookies.What is the probability that a randomly selected dessert will be a cookie?Write your answer as a fraction or whole number.P(cookie) =

A bakery has 15 desserts for sale, including 6 cookies.What is the probability that-example-1
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According to the problem, there are 15 desserts, which include 6 cookies.

To find the probability of randomly selecting a cookie, we just have to divide them.


P=(6)/(15)=(2)/(5)

Therefore, the probability of randomly selecting a cookie is 2/5.

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