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Larissa is ordering cheesecake at a restaurant, and the server tells her that sh

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Question

Larissa is ordering cheesecake at a restaurant, and the server tells her that she can have up to four toppings: butterscotch sauce, chocolate sauce, strawberries, and caramel. Since she cannot decide how many of the toppings she wants, she tells the server to surprise her. If the server randomly chooses which toppings to add, what is the probability that Larissa gets just butterscotch sauce, chocolate sauce, and strawberries? Express your answer as a fraction or a decimal number rounded to four decimal places.

Explanation / Answer

If the server randomly chooses which toppings to add, what is the probability that Larissa gets just butterscotch sauce, chocolate sauce, and strawberries?

Probability is 3 / 4