At a local restaurant, you are allowed to pick one side with your dinner. Because you can only choose one, your side choice is mutually exclusive of all the other sides to chose from. On any given day, there is a 0.34 chance you will pick an fries, and a 0.1 chance you will pick an veggies. Today, you do not pick an veggies; what is the probability you pick fries today?

At a local restaurant, you are allowed to pick one side with your dinner. Because you can only choose one, your side choice is mutually exclusive of all the other sides to chose from. On any given day, there is a 0.34 chance you will pick an fries, and a 0.1 chance you will pick an veggies. Today, you do not pick an veggies; what is the probability you pick fries today?

A First Course in Probability (10th Edition)

10th Edition

ISBN:9780134753119

Author:Sheldon Ross

Publisher:Sheldon Ross

Chapter1: Combinatorial Analysis

Section: Chapter Questions

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