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Suppose you have a bag of colored plastic disks and you choose one without looking. The probability the disk you choose is is ​P(​) . Write this probability as a decimal. Use a word or phrase to describe this probability.

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Question:

Suppose you have a bag of colored plastic disks, and you choose one without looking. The probability the disk you choose is yellow is P(yellow)=5/25.

Write this probability as a decimal.

Use a word or phase to describe this probability

Answer:


P(yellow)=0.2

Unlikely event

Explanation:

Given


P(yellow)=(5)/(25)

Solving (a): Express as decimal


P(yellow)=(5)/(25)

As decimal, we have:


P(yellow)=0.2

Solving (b): Description

Since the probability is closer to 0 than 1, we can say that the probability of picking a yellow is unlikely

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