At a community college with 500 students, 120 students are age 30 or older. Find the probability that a randomly selected student is less than 30 years old.
A).12
B).30
C).24
D).76

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The probability that a randomly selected student is less than 30 years old is found by subtracting the number of students 30 or older from the total number of students, then dividing by the total number of students. This gives (500 - 120) / 500 = 380 / 500 = 0.76 or 76%.

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