Question

cupcakes are being randomly passed out to every student in the class. the assortment of cupcakes is described in the table below. what is the probability of receiving either a chocolate cupcake or a lemon cupcake?

cupcake flavor	number of cupcakes
lemon	7
chocolate	2
vanilla	6

submit your answer as a simplified fraction or a decimal rounded to the hundredths place.

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Explanation:

Step1: Calculate total number of cupcakes

$8 + 7+2 + 6=23$

Step2: Calculate number of favorable cupcakes

Number of chocolate or lemon cupcakes is $7 + 2=9$

Step3: Calculate the probability

Probability $P=\frac{9}{23}\approx 0.39$

Answer:

$\frac{9}{23}\approx 0.39$