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Naomi has a bag that contains pineapple chews, cherry chews, and peach chews. She performs an experiment. Naomi randomly removes a chew from the bag, records the result, and returns the chew to the bag. Naomi performs the experiment 72 times. The results are shown below: A pineapple chew was selected 31 times. A cherry chew was selected 3 times. A peach chew was selected 38 times. Based on these results, express the probability that the next chew Naomi removes from the bag will be pineapple chew as a decimal to the nearest hundredth.

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Answer:

0.43

Explanation:

The experiment occurred 72 times , pineapple was selected 31 times

Probability the next chew will be pineapple:

31/72 = 0.430555

Round to the nearest hundredth: 0.43

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Answer:

0.43

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