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Suzie has cards in numbers 9-21 in a bag. What is the probability she will pull a card lower than 17?

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She has cards that go from 9 to 21.

We assume she has one card with each number that goes from 9 to 21:

9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21.

If we want to calculate the probability she pulls a card lower than 17, we have to count how many cards are lower than 17 and then divide this number by the total amount of cards.

NOTE: each card is a possible event. We will calculate the probability as the quotient between the number of successful events (cards lower than 17) and the total possible events (number of cards available).

We have 17-9 = 8 cards that are lower than 17.

The total number is 22-9 = 13 cards (all the cards lower than 22).

Then, we can calculate the probability as:

[tex]P(C<17)=\frac{8}{13}[/tex]

Answer: The probabilty she pull a card lower than 17 is P=8/13