Question

Marge has a book that holds her stamp collection. In this collection, 5 stamps are from England, 7 are from France, 8 are from the United States, and 3 are from Germany. Marge lives in the United States.

If she picks a stamp at random from her collection, what is the probability that it is from a foreign country?

A. 10/23


B. 12/23


C. 15/23


D. 8/23

Answer 1

C. 15/23

Explanation:

This is because when working with probability, the first step is to determine what the probability you are finding is of.

1. You are finding the probability of it being a foreign country, so this would include England (5), France (8) and Germany (3). There are 15 stamps from outside countries.

2. In total, there are 23 stamps in the book, so the answer will always be "___ out of 23."

3. Putting these together, you can determine that her chance of picking a stamp from another country out of the book would be 15/23