Question

You've decided you want a plant for your room. At the gardening store, there are 444 different kinds of plants (tulip, fern, cactus, and ficus) and 444 different kinds of pots to hold the plants (clay pot, plastic pot, metal pot, and wood pot).

If you randomly pick the plant and the pot, what is the probability that you won't get a clay pot or a cactus?

Answer 1

9/16

Explanation:

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Answer 2

56.25%

Explanation:

First, we need to find the total number of possible outcomes. We do this by multiplying the total number of plants by the total number of pots like so...

4 * 4 = 16 outcomes

Now we need to do the same but removing the cactus and clay pot from the list...

3 * 3 = 9 outcomes.

Now, to find the probability we need to divide the number of outcomes that do not include cactus and clay pot by the total original number of outcomes.

9 / 16 = 0.5625 or 56.25%

Finally, we can see that the probability of not getting a clay pot or cactus is 56.25%