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A jar contains seven coins: a dime, 2 quarters, and 4 nickels. One coin is taken from the jar at random. What is the probability that the coin taken is not a nickel?

A. 0.5
B. 0.75
C. 0.43
D. 0.57

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A. 0.5 because there’s more nickels than any other coin
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Answer:

D

Explanation:

There are 7 coins total and 4 of them are nickels

if I take a coin out the probability that it WONT be a nickel is 3/7 or 0.57 because the total amount of coins is always the bottom number and 7- those 4 nickels would be 3. So therefore the answer would be D.

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