Jason owns a small business selling bagels. He knows that in the last week 45 customers paid cash, 8 customers used a debit card, and 6 customers used a credit card.

Based on these results, express the probability that the next customer will pay with a credit card as a decimal to the nearest hundredth.

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\(P(\text{credit card})=0.10\)

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Step 1 ：\(P(\text{credit card})=\frac{\text{number of credit card uses}}{\text{total number of transactions}}\)

Step 2 ：\( P(\text{credit card})=\frac{6}{45 + 8 + 6} \)

Step 3 ：\(P(\text{credit card})=0.10\)