SOLUTION: A jar contains four coins: a penny and 3 nickels. One coin is taken from the jar at random. What is the probability that the coin taken is not a penny?
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Question 622342: A jar contains four coins: a penny and 3 nickels. One coin is taken from the jar at random. What is the probability that the coin taken is not a penny? Answer by nerdybill(7384) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! A jar contains four coins: a penny and 3 nickels. One coin is taken from the jar at random. What is the probability that the coin taken is not a penny?
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if it's not a penny, it must be a nickel:
number of nickels is 3
total number of coins is 4
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probability is
3/4 = .75
