At a party a cooler is filled with cans of drinks: 12 Cokes, 6 Diet Cokes, 4 lime seltzers, and 8 lemon seltzers. You grab a can from the cooler at random. eBook What is the probability that you grabbed either a Coke or Diet Coke? Give your answer to one decimal place.

At a party a cooler is filled with cans of drinks: 12 Cokes, 6 Diet Cokes, 4 lime seltzers, and 8 lemon seltzers. You grab a can from the cooler at random. eBook What is the probability that you grabbed either a Coke or Diet Coke? Give your answer to one decimal place.

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