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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