Question

Raymond has two bags of candy. • Bag A has 15 total pieces of candy, 9 are chocolate candies. Bag B has 10 total pieces of candy, 5 are chocolate candies. Which statement is true?

Answer 1

The probability of selection of chocolate candy from bag A is ( 10%) bigger than from the bag B

Explanation:

From bag A the probability (p₁ ) of selection ( in a random sample) of one chocolate candy is

p₁ = 9/15 p₁ = 0,6

From bag B the probability ( p₂ ) of selection ( in a random sample) of one chocolate candy is:

p₂ = 5/10 p₂ = 0,5

Then the probability of selection of chocolate candy from bag A is bigger than from the bag B

p₁ > p₂ p₁ - p₂ = 0,6 - 0,5 p₁ - p₂ = 0,1 p₁ - p₂ = 10%

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