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If a piece of fruit is randomly picked out of a covered bowl with 4 mangoes, 6 oranges, and 1 jack fruit, what is the probability that the piece of fruit picked is an orange?

If a piece of fruit is randomly picked out of a covered bowl with 4 mangoes, 6 oranges-example-1
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The total number of fruits is 4+6+1=11 . Since there are 6 orange, the probability to pick an orange is


P(\text{orange)}=(6)/(11)

which corresponds to the first option.

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