SOLUTION: Twelve out of the 144 shoe city stores sell childern's clothing. You write the names of all of the stores locations on cards select a card at random. What is the probability of not

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Question 336073: Twelve out of the 144 shoe city stores sell childern's clothing. You write the names of all of the stores locations on cards select a card at random. What is the probability of not picking a store location that sell children's clothing? justify.


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Twelve out of the 144 shoe city stores sell childern's clothing. You write the names of all of the stores locations on cards select a card at random. What is the probability of not picking a store location that sells children's clothing? justify.
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# of stores that do not sell children's clothing = 144-12 = 132
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P(pick of store that does not sell children"s clothing) = 132/144 = 0.9167
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