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A bag contains colored blocks.

3 blocks are pink
4 blocks are yellow
1 block is brown
a block will be randomly selected from the bag. what is the probability in decimal form that the block selected will be yellow?

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The answer is 0.5 I’m really bad at explaining so I’m sorry!
User UditS
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Answer:

0.5

Step-by-step explanation:

3+4+1= 8. So there are 8 blocks in the bag. There are 4 yellow blocks, so there is a 4/8 chance you'll get a yellow block. 4/8 can be simplified to 1/2, and 1/2 in decimal form is 0.5

Hope this helps!

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