Question

A jar of 50 sour ball candies contains only 3 flavors. If there are 18 orange, 12 lemon, and 20 cherry sour balls, what is the probability that a randomly selected sour ball will be lemon or cherry?

Answer 1

Explanation:

Lemon: 12

Cherry: 20

Lemon plus cherry is 12+20 or 32.

32/50 is the probability, .64, or 64/100

Answer 2

Answer
Answered by
chisnau
Option B. 12/ 125 is the answer.
Explanation
Total umber of sour ball candies = 50
Number of lemon candies = 12
Hence the probability to get a lemon candy is = 12/50
Number of cherry sour balls = 20
So, the probability to get a cherry sour ball = 20/50
So, to get the joint probability for a random selection to either get a lemon or cherry candy, we will multiply both the probabilities.

12/50 x 20/50= 12/125