Question

A bowl of candy contains 7 chocolate candies and 6 lemon candies. Choosing one piece of candy at random, find the probability of choosing a chocolate candy. Write your answer as a decimal, rounded to the hundredths place.

Answer 1

53.846%

Explanation:

Answer 2

Probability of choosing a chocolate candy = 0.538

Explanation:

We are given that a bowl of candy contains 7 chocolate candies and 6 lemon candies.

Probability of choosing a chocolate candy = No. of chocolate candies ÷

Total no. of candies

= 7 ÷ 13 = 0.538

Therefore, the probability of choosing a chocolate candy is 0.538 .