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Heather has a bag of 15 red, 11 orange, 9 yellow, 12 green, 6 blue and 11 purple markers. how many times would you expect heather to pick a red marker if she picked a marker 90 times?

A.about 11 times
B.about 15 times
C.about 21 times
D.about 64 times

User Spectric
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Answer:

15 red out of 64 total markers

15 / 64 = .234375

90 x .234375 = 21.09375

so she will pick a red marker about 21 times

Explanation:

User Yuchen
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Answer:

B should be the correct answer.

Explanation:

15 + 11 + 9 + 12 + 6 + 11 = 64

64<90

User Jjm
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