Question 1141571
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At a state fair, a game involves throwing a ring onto one of 60 bottles. If it’s is equally likely 
that the {{{highlight(cross(bottle))}}} <U>ring</U> will land on any of the bottles and 36 of these bottles are green,
what is the probability that a ring will not land in a green bottle? 
A) 1/36
B)2/5
C)3/5
D)5/6
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The condition in your post has &nbsp;<U>a fatal error</U>.


&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pay attention on how I fixed it . . . 



<U>Solution</U>


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{{{(60-36)/60}}} = {{{24/60}}} = {{{2/5}}}.    <U>ANSWER</U>
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Option B).