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exam warm-up: a bag has 1 blue counters and 7 red counters. Find the probability of choosing a blue counter.

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practice

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Topic

Statistics

Question

  1. A. 0.125
  2. B. 1.125
  3. C. -0.875
  4. D. 0.25

Answer

The correct answer is 0.125.

Explanation

The locked answer is 0.125. Work through the given values, keep one operation per line, and check the final step reaches 0.125.

Common mistake

Tables, charts and diagrams common mistake 1

Writing a final answer without showing the method that justifies it. This can weaken answers for: [Foundation and Higher] Know appropriate uses of frequency tables, bar charts, pie charts, pictograms, vertical line charts and time-series line graphs..

Show the method first, then give the final answer in the required form. Apply this directly to Tables, charts and diagrams.

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