Question

A cooler at a picnic contains 100 cans of soda covered by ice. there are 25 cans of​ cola, 48 cans of orange​ soda, 16 cans of ginger​ ale, and 11 cans of root beer. the cans are all the same size and shape. if one can is selected at random from the​ cooler, determine the probability that the soda selected is cola​, root beer comma or ginger ale.

Answer 1

Cola: 25 cans cola out of 100 total cans = 25/100
Root Beer: 11 cans root beer out of 100 total cans = 11/100
Ginger Ale: 16 cans ginger ale out of 100 total cans = 16/100

cola OR root beer OR ginger ale
25/100 + 11/100 + 16/100 = 52/100 = 13/25