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There are three choices of jellybeans grape, cherry, and orange. If the probalibity of getting a grape is 3/10 and the probability of getting cherry is 1/5, what is the probability of getting orange?

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Answer:

the probability of getting orange is 5/10 or 50%

Explanation:

The 3 choices of jellybeans:

grape : 3/10

cherry : 1/5 = 2/10 (if u times 1/5 by 2 you get 2/10 which is equal to 1/5)

orange : ?

3/10 + 2/10 = 5/10

10/10 - 5/10 = 5/10

orange = 5/10

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