Question

At Southwest High School, there is a vending machine on the second floor that is broken, so the students never know what kind of drink they will receive. Of the first 52 students to use the vending machine, 6 received lemon-lime drinks and 15 received cola drinks. Tara purchases a drink from the vending machine. Based on this information, what is the probability that her drink is neither lemon-lime nor cola?

23/26
52/31
31/52
37/52

Answer 1

@welshfella

Answer 2

@roz_mar23

Answer 3

Ok so 52 student. now 6 lemon and 15 cola. They are asking the probability of tara NOT getting either so 15+6=21 now take 52-21=31. so the answer is 31/52

Answer 4

thanks