Question

Ivy has 4 tiles with pictures of plants and 5 tiles with pictures of animals. Ivy keeps all the tiles on a mat with the pictures hidden and mixes them up. She then turns one tile face up and finds the picture of a plant on it. She removes this tile from the mat and turns over another tile without looking. What is the probability that the second tile that Ivy turns over has a plant on it? 37.5%

44.4%

60.0%

80.0%

Answer 1

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Answer 2

The probability that the second tile Ivy turns over has a plant on it can be calculated by looking at the remaining tiles. After removing one plant tile, there are 3 plant tiles left out of a total of 8 tiles (4 plant tiles + 4 animal tiles).

So, the probability is 3/8 = 37.5%.

Therefore, the correct answer is 37.5%.

Answer 3

Apologies for the confusion in my previous response. Let's reevaluate the problem.

Initially, Ivy had 4 plant tiles and 5 animal tiles for a total of 9 tiles. After removing one plant tile, she has 3 plant tiles remaining and a total of 8 tiles remaining on the mat.

So, the probability that the second tile Ivy turns over has a plant on it is 3/8 = 0.375 or 37.5%.

Therefore, the correct answer is indeed 37.5%. Thank you for pointing out the discrepancy.