Question

Nachelle has a bag of candy full of 1 strawberry chew and 19 cherry chews that she

eats one at a time. Which word or phrase describes the probability that she reaches in
without looking and pulls out a cherry chew?

Answer 1

Highly Likely (but not 100%)

Explanation:

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There are a total of 20 chews in the bag.

The probability of choosing strawberry is 1/20, or 5%.

The probability of choosing cherry is 19/20, or 95%.

The likeliness of choosing cherry is much higher than choosing strawberry, as there are many more cherry chews than strawberry chews.

Therefore it will be Highly Likely (or similar phrases, anything that favors cherry but not 100%) to pick out cherry chews.