A wallet containing 5 five‑dollar bills, 7 ten‑dollar bills, and 8 twenty‑dollar bills is found and returned to its owner. The wallet’s owner will reward the finder with 1 bill drawn randomly from the wallet. What is the probability that the bill drawn will be a twenty-dollar bill?
# of successes
----------------- = probability # of possibilities 8 twenties ------------- = probability of drawing a twenty 20 total bills = 2/5 {reduced} = 0.4 or 40% {divided} Probability could be thought of as 0.4 or 40%. Ask the House
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