Question

Alyson purchased a bag of 300 Starbursts, assuming even distribution among 4 original flavors. If Alyson ate 5 Starbursts at a time, how many of the group of 5 were pink?

a) 1
b) 2
c) 3
d) 4

Answer 1

In Mathematics, when Alyson eats 5 Starbursts at a time from a bag of 300 with even distribution among 4 flavors, there is on average 1 pink Starburst in each group. Since fractions of Starbursts are not possible, we round down, making option (a) 1 the correct answer.

Step-by-step explanation:

The subject of this question is Mathematics, specifically dealing with probability and proportions. Since Alyson has a bag of 300 Starbursts with an even distribution among 4 original flavors, this would mean there are 300 / 4 = 75 Starbursts of each flavor, including the pink flavor. If Alyson consumes 5 Starbursts at a time, then since we're assuming an even distribution, every group of 5 Starbursts should contain approximately the same ratio of flavors as the entire bag.

To find out how many pink Starbursts would be consumed in a group of 5, we divide the number of pink Starbursts by the total number of Starbursts and then multiply by 5. This gives us (75 pink / 300 total) x 5 = 1.25, which indicates that on average, there is 1 pink Starburst in every group of 5 consumed. However, since we cannot have a fraction of a Starburst, the answer is 1 pink Starburst per group of 5. The option close to this is (a) 1.