Some sanitation workers sifted through some recycling and trash to see whether people had correctly sorted their plastic bottles.\begin{tabular}{|l|c|c|c|}\cline { 2 - 4 } & Plastic \#2 & Plastic \#4 & Plastic \#5 \\\hline Correctly placed & 5 & 7 & 7 \\\hline Incorrectly placed & 6 & 5 & 5 \\\hline\end{tabular}What is the probability that a randomly selected bottle is not correctly placed and is not made of plastic \#2?Simplify any fractions.□
Q. Some sanitation workers sifted through some recycling and trash to see whether people had correctly sorted their plastic bottles.\begin{tabular}{|l|c|c|c|}\cline { 2 - 4 } & Plastic \#2 & Plastic \#4 & Plastic \#5 \\\hline Correctly placed & 5 & 7 & 7 \\\hline Incorrectly placed & 6 & 5 & 5 \\\hline\end{tabular}What is the probability that a randomly selected bottle is not correctly placed and is not made of plastic \#2?Simplify any fractions.□
Exclude Incorrect Plastic #2 Bottles: Now, we need to exclude the incorrectly placed Plastic #2 bottles from our count, since we're looking for bottles that are not correctly placed and not made of Plastic #2.Incorrectly placed bottles that are not Plastic #2: 16−6=10.
Find Total Bottles: Next, let's find the total number of bottles.Total bottles: (5+6)+(7+5)+(7+5)=11+12+12=35.
Calculate Probability: Finally, we calculate the probability.Probability = Number of incorrectly placed bottles that are not Plastic \#2 / Total number of bottles = 3510.Simplify the fraction: 3510=72.
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