Question

Aj jar of sweets contains 5 yellow sweets, 4 red sweets, 8 green sweets 4 orange sweets and 3 white sweets.

Ola chooses a sweet at random .what is the probability that she pick either a yellow or orange sweet ?​

Answer 1

9/24

Explanation:

add the sweets (for denominator) 5+4+8+4+3 =24 then add yellow + orange (which is 9)

Answer 2

`(9)/(24)`

Explanation:

Add all the sweets together ( that will be your denominator )

5+4+8+4+3= 24

The probability she will pick and yellow and orange ( add those numbers together)

Yellow + orange = Numerator

5+4=9

How you answer should be lay out :

`(Orange+ yellow sweets)/(Total amount of sweets)`