SOLUTION: A basket contains five apples and seven peaches. Four of the apples and two of the peaches are rotten. You randomly pick a piece of fruit. It is fresh or it is an apple. Find the p
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Question 1090455: A basket contains five apples and seven peaches. Four of the apples and two of the peaches are rotten. You randomly pick a piece of fruit. It is fresh or it is an apple. Find the probability of this occuring.
Answer by Fombitz(32388) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
5 apples
1 fresh apple
4 rotten apples
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7 peaches
5 fresh peaches
2 rotten peaches
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Look at all of the possible choices:
Fresh apple:1/12
Rotten apple:4/12
Fresh peach:5/12
Rotten peach:2/12
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