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Basketball players John, Vasim, Akash were practising the ball drop in the basket. The probabilities of success for John, Vasim and Akash are `(4)/(5)`,0.83 and 58% respectively. Who had the greatest probability of success?

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The greatest probability of success is for Vasim which is 0.83.
The probability of each player is converted into decimal fraction. The probability of success for
`John(4)/(5)i.e.0.8" "...(1)`
`Vasim 0.83" "…(2)`
`Akash58%=(58)/(100)=0.58" "...(3)`
From (1), (2) and (3),
`0.83gt0.8gt0.`
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