Question

Jackie has a closet with 6 red dresses and 2 blue dresses. What is the likelihood of Jackie pulling a red dress out of the closet if she does it without looking?

Answer 1

`(6)/(8)`

Explanation:

Jackie has 6 red dresses and 2 blue dresses.

6+2=8

Jackie has 8 dresses in total.

So the likelihood will be 6:8 or
`(6)/(8)`

Answer 2

`(6)/(8) = (3)/(4) (simplifed)`

Explanation:

First add up all the dresses 6+2=8

thats your total of dresses.

Then place it into a fraction.

`( 6)/(8)`

6 is the amount of red dresses you have.

Probability can be placed as a percentage, a decimal or a fraction.