Question

A bag of mixed nuts contains 18 pecans 18 walnuts and 18 almonds what is the probability of not selecting a pecan from the bag

Answer 1

Answer:

2/3 or .6669

Step-by-step explanation:

there are 54 nuts in the bag. there are 18 pecans so dividing 36 by 54 gives you the probability of not getting a pecan from the bag. why 36? because those are the nuts that are not pecans if that wasnt yet clear :) hope this helped

Answer 2

Answer:

36/54 or 36:54 or 2/3 or 66%