Question

A restaurant serves a bowl of candies to their customers. The bowl of candies Gabriel receives has 10 chocolate candies, eight coffee candies, and 12 caramel candies. After Gabriel chooses a candy, he eats it. Find the probability of getting candies with P (chocolate or coffee)

Answer 1

3/10

Explanation:

Let the total number of candies =

10 chocolate candies + 8 coffee candies + 12 caramel candies = 30 candies

Probability of picking a chocolate candy = P(chocolate) = 10/30

Probability of picking a coffee candy = P(chocolate) = 8/30

Hence, the probability of getting candies with P (chocolate or coffee)

= P(chocolate) + P(coffee)

= 10/30 + 8/30

= 18/30

= 3/10

Therefore, the probability of getting candies with P (chocolate or coffee) is 3/10