Question

Kyle’s bowl of cereal has 5 blue marshmallows, 2 yellow marshmallows, 3 pink marshmallows, and 4 green marshmallows. If he picks one marshmallow at random, what is the probability that the marshmallow is green?

Answer 1

Probability of picking a green marshmallow =
`(2)/(7)`

Explanation:

We know,

the number of blue marshmallows = 5,

the number of yellow marshmallows = 2,

the number of pink marshmallows = 3; and

the number of green marshmallows = 4

So the total number of marshmallows = 14

To find the probability of picking up a green marshmallow, we will divide the number of green marshmallows by the total number of marshmallows in the cereal.

Probability of picking a green marshmallow =
`(4)/(14)` =
`(2)/(7)`

Answer 2

2/7

Explanation

The probability is a chance of something happening. It is calculated as;

Probability = (number of favorable outcome)/(total number of outcome)

5 blue marshmallows,

2 yellow marshmallows,

3 pink marshmallows, and

4 green marshmallows.

The favorable outcome here is 4 green.

Total number of outcome = 5+2+3+4 = 14

P(g) = 4/14

= 2/7