Question

(40 POINTS REWARDED) Can somebody help me on this question? I'm stumped on it.

Jake has a bag of 50 beads, some of which are blue and the remaining are green. Jake randomly pulls out a bead from the bag, records the color, and replaces it in the bag. Jake has already recorded 16 blue and 4 green beads. Based on these results, what is most likely the number of blue beads in the bag?

10
20
30
40

Answer 1

you'll get your answer as 20 blue beads

Explanation:

1. subtract 50 and each number

2. add 16 and 4

3. add 16, 4, and your answer from step 2

4. final answer is 20

Answer 2

Your answer should be "40"...I'm not entirely sure, but I'm definitely leaning towards the 40 side. By the looks of it, there's waaaaay less green beads then blue beads. Hopefully this is correct! :0

Let me know if it isn't so I can try and edit my answer.