SOLUTION: The small, wealthy town of Luxuria has a school population of 900 children Of the 175 children in elementary school, 100 children receive an allowance. What is the probability t

Question 1042931: The small, wealthy town of Luxuria has a school population of 900 children Of the 175 children in elementary school, 100 children receive an allowance. What is the probability that a randomly chosen student who attends the elementary school receives an allowance?
Answer by stanbon(75887) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
The small, wealthy town of Luxuria has a school population of 900 children Of the 175 children in elementary school, 100 children receive an allowance. What is the probability that a randomly chosen student who attends the elementary school receives an allowance?
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100/175 = 4/7
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Cheers,
Stan H.
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