Question

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 text P salamander P salamander start text, P, left parenthesis, salamander end text, right parenthesis? If necessary, round your answer to 2 decimal places. In decimal form

Answer 1

`0.25`

Explanation:

Probability = Number of favorable outcomes / Number of posssible

outcomes

There are
`5` favorable outcomes (the
`5` salamanders).

There are
`20` posssible outcomes (the
`5+3+12=20` total animals).

P (salamander)
`= (5)/(20) = 0.25`

Answer 2

is there answer choices?

Explanation: