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CalculatorA bag of markers contains:• 4 yellow markers6 green markers2 red markers3 pink markers5 purple markersJackson chose a marker from the bag at random and then replaced it. He did that a total of 100 times. What is a reasonableprediction for the number of times Jackson chose a purple or green marker?..

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Suppose that the different markers are indistinguishable from one another except for their color.

Therefore, the probability of grabbing a purple marker is


P(purple)=(5)/(4+6+2+3+5)=(5)/(20)

While the probability of taking a green marker is


P(green)=(6)/(20)

Thus, the probability of choosing a purple or green marker is


\begin{gathered} P(purple\cup green)=(5)/(20)+(6)/(20)=(11)/(20) \\ \end{gathered}

Finally, multiply the probability above by the 100 trials,


100*(11)/(20)=5*11=55

Therefore, the answer is 55 markers.

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