Question

Ashley is choosing a popsicle from the freezer at random the probability of her picking a grape popsicle is 3/8 the probability of her picking a cherry popsicle is 1/3 in the rest of the Popsicles are orange what is the likelihood of Ashley selecting an orange popsicle

Answer 1

Explanation:

Answer 2

If an experiment has
`N` possible outputs, each with probability

`P_1,\ P_2,\ldots,\ P_N`

then the sum of all probabilities is always one:

`P_1 + P_2 + \ldots + P_N=1`

So, in your case, you have

`P(\text{grape}) + P(\text{cherry}) + P(\text{orange}) = 1`

plugging in the given values:

`(3)/(8) + (1)/(3) + P(\text{orange}) = 1 \iff (17)/(24) + P(\text{orange}) = 1`

we can deduce that

`P(\text{orange}) = 1-(17)/(24) = (7)/(24)`