Question

A jar contains 14 nickels, 14 dimes, 14 quarters, and 14 pennies. A coin is chosen at random from the jar.

What is the probability that the coin chosen is a nickel?
A.1/56
B.1/14
C.1/4
D.1/2

Answer 1

how many coins in total?

Answer 2

how many nickels are there?

Answer 3

\[\frac{\text {number of nickels}}{\text{total number of coins}}\]

Answer 4

14 @satellite73 & 56 @Mehek14

Answer 5

which reduces!!

Answer 6

@Mehek14 nice drawing! did you do it?

Answer 7

so
\(\dfrac{14}{56}\)

Answer 8

1/4

Answer 9

yes so that is your answer \(\ddot\smile\)

Answer 10

Thanks!