A basket of fruits contains 10 bananas, 5 mangoes, and 5 apples. A fruit is selected at random. Calculate the probability of selecting an apple or a banana. Express the answer in percent form.(1 point)

Responses

75%
75%

12.5%
12.5%

62.5%
62.5%

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1 answer

To find the probability of selecting an apple or a banana from the basket of fruits, we first need to determine the total number of fruits in the basket.

Total number of fruits = Number of bananas + Number of mangoes + Number of apples = 10 (bananas) + 5 (mangoes) + 5 (apples) = 20 fruits

Next, we calculate the number of favorable outcomes, which in this case would be the number of apples plus the number of bananas.

Favorable outcomes = Number of apples + Number of bananas = 5 (apples) + 10 (bananas) = 15 fruits

Now, we can calculate the probability of selecting an apple or a banana:

Probability (apple or banana) = (Number of favorable outcomes) / (Total number of fruits) = 15 / 20 = 0.75

To express this probability in percent form, we multiply by 100:

Probability in percent = 0.75 * 100 = 75%

Thus, the answer is 75%.