SOLUTION: a coin purse contains 3 quarters 6 dimes 2 nickles and 4 pennies. what is the probablity of randomly selecting a dime? thank you so much! :)

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Question 51756: a coin purse contains 3 quarters 6 dimes 2 nickles and 4 pennies. what is the probablity of randomly selecting a dime?
thank you so much!
:)
Answer by stanbon(75887) About Me  (Show Source):
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a coin purse contains 3 quarters 6 dimes 2 nickles and 4 pennies. what is the probablity of randomly selecting a dime?
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There are 15 coins; 6 of them are dimes.
Prob of selecting a dime is 6/15= 2/5
Cheers,
Stan H.