You know you have six pennies, 4 nickels, 1 quarter, and 7 dimes. If you reach into your pocket and randomly pick a coin what is

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barxatty [35]

4 years ago

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You know you have six pennies, 4 nickels, 1 quarter, and 7 dimes. If you reach into your pocket and randomly pick a coin what is

the probability that you pick a dime or a nickel

Mathematics

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bixtya [17] · Answer 1 · 2022-01-25T01:41:39+03:00

bixtya [17]4 years ago

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6 pennies, 4 nickels, 1 quarter, and 7 dimes is a total of 18 coins. Out of those 18 coins, dimes and nickels make up 11 of them.

So the probability that you pick a dime or nickel is 11/18 or about 61.11%.