SOLUTION: Zain has a bag filled with coins. The bag contains 7 quarters, 8 dimes,3 nickels and 9 pennies. He randomly chooses a coin from the bag. What is the probability that Zain chooses a

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Question 1111040: Zain has a bag filled with coins. The bag contains 7 quarters, 8 dimes,3 nickels and 9 pennies. He randomly chooses a coin from the bag. What is the probability that Zain chooses a quarter or a nickel
Answer by KMST(5328) About Me  (Show Source):
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Out of the 7%2B8%2B3%2B9=27 coins in the bag,
7%2B3=10 are either a quarter or a nickel.
So, the probability to randomly pick
one of those 10 out of the 27 coins is
10%2F27 .