SOLUTION: A sea turtle buries 90 eggs in the sand. From the 50 eggs that hatch, 37 turtles do not make it to the ocean. What is the probability that an egg chosen at random hatched and the

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: A sea turtle buries 90 eggs in the sand. From the 50 eggs that hatch, 37 turtles do not make it to the ocean. What is the probability that an egg chosen at random hatched and the baby turtle made it to the ocean? This question is from textbook algebra 1

Answer by stanbon(75887) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
A sea turtle buries 90 eggs in the sand. From the 50 eggs that hatch, 37 turtles do not make it to the ocean. What is the probability that an egg chosen at random hatched and the baby turtle made it to the ocean?
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Prob (egg hatched AND turtle made it) = P(made it|hatched)*P(hatched)
=(13/50)*(50/90)= 13/90
Cheers,
Stan H.
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