Question

Mrs. Watson's jar of beads contain 100 red beads, 50 blue beads, and 50 green beads. If she pulls out a bead without looking, why is the chance that the bead will be blue?

Answer 1

`(1)/(4)`

Explanation:

The change of something happening will be in the form:

Number of that thing/Total number of things

Here, the change of bead being blue is:

The number of blue beads / total number of beads

Hence,

Number of Blue Beads = 50

Total number of beads = 100 + 50 + 50 = 200

Hence,

The chance of bead being blue =
`(50)/(200)=(1)/(4)`