SOLUTION: A bowl contains 15 chips numbered 1 to 15. If a chip is drawn randomly from the bowl. hat is the probability that it is 5 or a number divisible by 3.

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Question 1061427: A bowl contains 15 chips numbered 1 to 15. If a chip is drawn randomly from the bowl. hat is the probability that it is 5 or a number divisible by 3.
Answer by Fombitz(32388) About Me  (Show Source):
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A:Only one outcome is a 5.
B:There are 5 numbers divisible by 3 (3,6,9,12,15).
So then,
P%28A+u+B%29=P%28A%29%2BP%28B%29=%281%2B5%29%2F15=6%2F15=2%2F5