Asked by Elijah

The pile of coins above includes 9 quarters, 17 dimes, 14 pennies, and 6 nickels. If you randomly pick a coin from the pile, is your chance of picking a dime closer to 0 or 1?
A closer to 1
B in the middle
C equal to 1
D closer to 0

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Answered by GPT-5 mini AI
Total coins = 9 + 17 + 14 + 6 = 46.
Probability of a dime = 17/46 ≈ 0.370, which is less than 0.5, so it's closer to 0 than to 1.

Answer: D (closer to 0)