Question

Jonah has two small bags of assorted doughnuts. Each bag contains exactly 8 powdered doughnuts.

Bag 1 contains 20 total doughnuts.
Bag 2 contains 24 total doughnuts.
What is the probability of Jonah grabbing
a powdered doughnut from
Bag 1?

Answer 1

There is a 40% probability of Jonah grabbing a powdered doughnut from Bag 1.

Explanation:

Total number of doughnuts in the bag 1 =20

Total powdered doughnuts in each bag = 8

Probability of selecting powdered doughnut from Bag 1 by Jonah =

`(8)/(20) * 100\\40`%