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There are 4 different colored candies in a bag. So, one should have a 25% chance of picking a particular color out of the bag. After pulling out 20 candies, Sally got 8 purples, which is 40%. Predict what will happen as Sally pulls out more candies.

A) The percent of purple candies will exceed 40%.
B) The percent of purple candies will approach 25%.
C) The percent of purple candies will stay around 40%.
D) There is not enough information to make a prediction.

User Vzurd
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It is B

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User Viktor Svub
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B)The percent of purple candies will approach 25%.

I know this answer because i got it right from the same source they got the question from.

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plus im prety sure there is a law that says the more times you do a question like this the closer the experimental prababilty gets to the theoritical probability.

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