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Jon’s piggy bank contains 12 pennies, 9 nickels, 23 dimes, and 16 quarters. If Jon chooses one coin at random, how many possible outcomes are there if he is choosing a dime?

Jon’s piggy bank contains 12 pennies, 9 nickels, 23 dimes, and 16 quarters. If Jon-example-1

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Pennies=20%
Nickels=15%
Dimes=38.3%(repeating)
Quarter: 26.67%

You can find all these by finding 1% of 60 you can find it by dividing by 100. So now you have 0.6. Then you divide it by all the coins one by one and you have your answer.
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