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A company makes 120 bags.

28 of the bags have buttons but no zips.
41 of the bags have zips but no buttons.
23 of the bags have neither zips nor buttons.
A bag is selected at random.
What is the probability that the bag has buttons?

User Arsa
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Answer:

7/15

Explanation:

You have 120 bags. 64 of them in total do not contain buttons.

120 - 64 = 56

You have 56 bags with buttons. The simple answer is,

56/120

You can simplify this down to 7/15

If you're looking for percent, the answer is 46.67%

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