Question

There are 12 green,22 white, 12 purple and 4 blue gum balls in the gum all machine what is the probability of getting white gum all write the probability as a percent

Answer 1

Answer: If you add all of these numbers of gumballs up you get 50. Since there is 50 gumballs,and 100 percent of that amount has to be filled,then you must make each gumball worth 2 percent. (12x2)+(22x2)+(12x2)+(4x2)=100

Green percent of getting=24 percent

Purple percent of getting=24 percent

Blue percent of getting=8 percent

White percent of getting=44 percent

The percent of getting a White gum is 44 percent.