document.write( "Question 1021861: You have a plate of 40 cookies. Ten have chocolate chips and 12 have pecans. Of the cookies mentioned in the preceding sentence, 5 have both chocolate chips and pecans. You select a cookie at random. What is the probability that your cookie has chocolate chips or pecans? \n" ); document.write( "

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So then 40 cookies in all,
\n" ); document.write( " $\"10-5=5\"$ only chocolate chip
\n" ); document.write( " $\"12-5=7\"$ only pecan
\n" ); document.write( " $\"5\"$ both chocolate chip/pecan
\n" ); document.write( "So then choosing chocolate chip or pecan,
\n" ); document.write( " $\"P=%285%2B7%2B5%29%2F40\"$
\n" ); document.write( " $\"P=17%2F40\"$
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