camichristophe
camichristophe camichristophe
  • 02-11-2018
  • Mathematics
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You have 12 pennies in your pocket. Of those pennies, there are 3 Canadian. Suppose you pick a penny out of your pocket at random. Find P(not Canadian).

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paulhardin
paulhardin paulhardin
  • 02-11-2018

9 of the pennies are not canadian

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tarhunbalthazar
tarhunbalthazar tarhunbalthazar
  • 02-11-2018

The answer is 0.75, 75%, or 3/4 because out of the 12 pennies, 3 of them are Canadian, while 9 of them are not Canadian. So to calculate the probability you need to divide the amount of non-Canadian pennies, 9, by the total amount of pennies, 12.

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