Question

Leslie is a biologist. She is going to randomly select one animal from her lab to study. There are 5 salamanders, 3 crayfish, and 12 minnows in her lab. What is text P salamander P salamander start text, P, left parenthesis, salamander end text, right parenthesis? If necessary, round your answer to 2 decimal places. In decimal form

Answer 1

Answer:

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Step-by-step explanation:

Answer 2

Answer:

$0.25$

Step-by-step explanation:

Probability = Number of favorable outcomes / Number of posssible

outcomes

There are $5$ favorable outcomes (the $5$ salamanders).

There are $20$ posssible outcomes (the $5+3+12=20$ total animals).

P (salamander) $= \frac{5}{20} = 0.25$