in a bag of keys there are 14 silver keys, 6 black keys , 10 copper keys and 2 painted keys of various colors. one key is drawn

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andrey2020 [161]

2 years ago

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in a bag of keys there are 14 silver keys, 6 black keys , 10 copper keys and 2 painted keys of various colors. one key is drawn

out at random. What is the probability that the key that is drawn is silver or copper

Mathematics

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Nataly_w [17] · Answer 1 · 2022-09-09T15:18:57+03:00

Nataly_w [17]2 years ago

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In total there are 32 keys.
There 24 silver and copper keys so the probability of one being drawn is 24/32

Now just simplify
24/32 = 12/16 = 6/8 = 3/4