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Some sanitation workers sifted through some recycling and trash to see whether people had correctly sorted their plastic bottles.





Plastic #2
Plastic #4
Plastic #5


Correctly placed
5
7
7


Incorrectly placed
6
5
5




What is the probability that a randomly selected bottle is not correctly placed and is not made of plastic #2?
Simplify any fractions.

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Some sanitation workers sifted through some recycling and trash to see whether people had correctly sorted their plastic bottles.\newline\begin{tabular}{|l|c|c|c|}\newline\cline { 22 - 44 } & Plastic \#22 & Plastic \#44 & Plastic \#55 \\\newline\hline Correctly placed & 55 & 77 & 77 \\\newline\hline Incorrectly placed & 66 & 55 & 55 \\\newline\hline\newline\end{tabular}\newlineWhat is the probability that a randomly selected bottle is not correctly placed and is not made of plastic \#22?\newlineSimplify any fractions.\newline \square

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Q. Some sanitation workers sifted through some recycling and trash to see whether people had correctly sorted their plastic bottles.\newline\begin{tabular}{|l|c|c|c|}\newline\cline { 22 - 44 } & Plastic \#22 & Plastic \#44 & Plastic \#55 \\\newline\hline Correctly placed & 55 & 77 & 77 \\\newline\hline Incorrectly placed & 66 & 55 & 55 \\\newline\hline\newline\end{tabular}\newlineWhat is the probability that a randomly selected bottle is not correctly placed and is not made of plastic \#22?\newlineSimplify any fractions.\newline \square
  1. Exclude Incorrect Plastic #22 Bottles: Now, we need to exclude the incorrectly placed Plastic #22 bottles from our count, since we're looking for bottles that are not correctly placed and not made of Plastic #22.\newlineIncorrectly placed bottles that are not Plastic #22: 166=1016 - 6 = 10.
  2. Find Total Bottles: Next, let's find the total number of bottles.\newlineTotal bottles: (5+6)+(7+5)+(7+5)=11+12+12=35(5 + 6) + (7 + 5) + (7 + 5) = 11 + 12 + 12 = 35.
  3. Calculate Probability: Finally, we calculate the probability.\newlineProbability = Number of incorrectly placed bottles that are not Plastic \#22 / Total number of bottles = 1035\frac{10}{35}.\newlineSimplify the fraction: 1035=27\frac{10}{35} = \frac{2}{7}.

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