Question

Bruce is going to call one person from his contacts at random.He has 25 total contacts.20 of those contacts are from his neighborhood.What is the probability of calling a person not from his neighborhood

Answer 1

0.20, or 20%

Explanation:

(25 total contacts) - (20 from his neighborhood) = (5 non-neighborhood contacts).

Then the desired probability is

5

------- = 0.20, or 20%

25

Answer 2

1/5

Explanation:

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Since there are 5 people that are not from his neighborhood, and 5 is 1/5 of 25, we get the fraction 1/5.

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