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Samir has a bag that contains pineapple chews, lemon chews, and lime chews. He performs an experiment. Samir randomly removes a chew from the bag, records the result, and returns the chew to the bag. Samir performs the experiment 45 times. The results are shown below:

A pineapple chew was selected 34 times.
A lemon chew was selected 8 times.
A lime chew was selected 3 times.

Based on these results, express the probability that the next chew Samir removes from the bag will be lemon chew as a decimal to the nearest hundredth

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Answer:

.18

Explanation:

The experiment occurred 45 times, lemon was selected 8 times.

Probability the next chew will be lemon:

8/45=0.17777... = .18

User Boomer
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Answer:

0.18

Explanation:

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