The pile of coins above includes 9 quarters, 17 dimes, 14 pennies, and 6 nickels. If you randomly pick a coin from the pile, is your chance of picking a dime closer to 0 or 1?
Responses
A closer to 1closer to 1
B in the middlein the middle
C equal to 1equal to 1
D closer to 0
The chance of picking a dime from the pile is closer to 0. There are a total of 9 quarters, 17 dimes, 14 pennies, and 6 nickels, which means there are a total of 9 + 17 + 14 + 6 = 46 coins in the pile.
The probability of picking a dime is given by the number of dimes divided by the total number of coins, which is 17/46 ≈ 0.37.
Since the probability is less than 0.5, it is closer to 0 than 1. Therefore, the chance of picking a dime is closer to 0.