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Question 15

A restaurant will select 1 card from a bowl to win a free lunch. Jo puts 5 cards in the bowl. The bowl has 100
cards. What are the odds of Jo winning a free lunch?

User Palindrom
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3 votes

Answer:

10% chance or 1/10

Explanation:

5 out of the 100 cards are free lunches simplified it would be

1/10

User Timbergus
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Answer:

1/20

Explanation:

Jo's Cards - 5

Total cards - 100

= 5/100

Divide both side by 5.

(5/5) / (100/5) = 1/20

User Achwilko
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