SOLUTION: At a state fair, a game involves throwing a ring onto one of 60 bottles. If it’s is equally likely that the bottle will land on any of the bottles and 36 of these bottles are gre

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Question 1141571: At a state fair, a game involves throwing a ring onto one of 60 bottles. If it’s is equally likely that the bottle will land on any of the bottles and 36 of these bottles are green. What is the probability that a ring will not land in a green bottle?
A) 1/36
B)2/5
C)3/5
D)5/6

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At a state fair, a game involves throwing a ring onto one of 60 bottles. If it’s is equally likely
that the ring will land on any of the bottles and 36 of these bottles are green,
what is the probability that a ring will not land in a green bottle?
A) 1/36
B)2/5
C)3/5
D)5/6
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