Pauline rides his bike to school in 6 2/5 minutes. If it takes Dylan 4 1/2 times as long to get to school, how long would it tak
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Answer:
1/2
Step-by-step explanation:
Simple probability is a ratio of the number of ways the thing we want to happen can to the total possible outcomes.
(For example, we flip a coin and want heads, but it can land on heads or tails. Our probability of getting heads is 1/2, one way to get heads over the 2 possible outcomes)
So for this problem, there's 20 possible things that CAN happen (3 + 7 + 10) and 10 ways we get what we want (a green marble).
Our probability of getting a green marble is , which simplifies to