Final answer:
Each of the 6 friends gets 0.75 pounds of jellybeans when a 4 1/2 pound bag is shared equally among them.
Step-by-step explanation:
The question is asking how much of the jellybeans each friend gets when a 4 1/2 pound bag is shared equally among 6 friends. Firstly, convert 4 1/2 pounds to a decimal by changing 1/2 to 0.5, resulting in 4 + 0.5 = 4.5 pounds. Next, you have to divide this quantity by 6 to find out how much each friend gets. Therefore, 4.5 pounds divided by 6 equals 0.75 pounds of jellybeans per friend.
For additional reference, in terms of theoretical probabilities from a jar of jelly beans, the probability of selecting a jelly bean of a certain color, like blue (P(B)), or green (P(G)), can be determined by dividing the number of jelly beans of that color by the total number of jelly beans in the jar. However, this additional information is not needed to answer the original question.