Three nuts with metric threads have been accidentally mixed with twelve nuts with U.S. threads. To a person taking nuts from a bucket, all fifteen nuts seem to be the same. One nut is chosen randomly. What is the probability that it will be metric?
Three nuts with metric threads have been accidentally mixed with twelve nuts with U.S. threads. To a person taking nuts from a bucket, all fifteen nuts seem to be the same. One nut is chosen randomly. What is the probability that it will be metric?
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Three nuts with metric threads have been accidentally mixed with twelve nuts with U.S. threads. To a person taking nuts from a bucket, all fifteen nuts seem to be the same. One nut is chosen randomly. What is the probability that it will be metric?
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