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The probability of a customer purchase popcorn at the movie theater is 0.3. What is the probability that a customer will not purchase popcorn

User Martinwguy
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Answer:

0.7 or 70%

Explanation:

0.3 * 100 = 30%

100%-30% = 70%

You either buy or not. If 30% you don't then 70% you do.

User Srujan Kumar Gulla
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Answer: 0.7

Reason:

There's a 30% chance they buy the popcorn, which means there's a 70% chance they don't buy it.

100% - 30% = 70%

Then convert the 70% to 0.7

User Chandan Pasunoori
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