Question

Julia had a bag filled with gumballs. There were 3 lemon-lime, 2 watermelon, and 1 grape gumballs. What is the correct sample space for the gumballs in her bag?

Sample space = lemon-lime, watermelon, grape
Sample space = lemon-lime, lemon-lime, lemon-lime, watermelon, watermelon, grape
Sample space = 1, 2, 3
Sample space = 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6

Answer 1

The answer to your problem is, B. Sample space = lemon-lime, lemon-lime, lemon-lime, watermelon, watermelon, grape

Explanation:

We are given that, Julia had a bag filled with gumballs. There were 3 lemon-lime, 4 watermelon, and 6 grape gumballs.

There are 3 lemon-lime: Elements in sample space are lemon-lime, lemon-lime, lemon-lime

There are also 4 watermelon: Elements in sample space are watermelon, watermelon, watermelon, watermelon

Lastly there are 6 grape: Elements in sample space are grape, grape, grape, grape, grape, grape

Which can lead to the problem of:

3 + 4 + 6 = 13. Same as option B

Thus the answer to your problem is, B. Sample space = lemon-lime, lemon-lime, lemon-lime, watermelon, watermelon, grape