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John's father has a large collection of ties. He has 20 ties, and 8 of them are pink.

If John's father chose a tie at random, what is the probability that the tie would be pink?

User Rylan
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Answer:

25%

Explanation:

20 divided by 8 times 100 take away the zero

percentage = part/whole x 100

User AllenC
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Answer:

57.77% out of 100

john's father would pick pink because pink is in less number

User Cory Mawhorter
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