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Leslie is a biologist she is going to randomly select one animal from her lab to study . There are 5 salamanders , 3 crayfish, and 12 minnows in her lab . What is is the probability that the animal will be a salamander. ? Explain

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Answer: 5/20 in fraction form or 25% in percentage form or 0.25 in decimal form.

Step-by-step explanation: Add all of the number together to find what the probability is out of, remember that probabilities have to be less than 1.

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