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

Answer: The probability of picking the one marshmallow is green=
`=(2)/(7)`

Explanation:

The number of green marshmallow = 4

The total number of marshmallows =5+2+3+4=14

The probability of picking the one marshmallow is green
`=\frac{\text{number of green marshmallows}}{\text{total marshmallows}}`

⇒The probability of picking the one marshmallow is green=
`(4)/(14)=(2)/(7)`

∴The probability of picking the one marshmallow is green=
`=(2)/(7)`

Answer 2

To be able to answer this item, first we add up all the number of marshmallows. That is,
n = 5 + 2 + 3 + 4 = 14
Out of the 14 marshmallows, only 4 of which are green which will lead us to the answer to this item being equal to 4/14 or 2/7.