Question

A factory produces 80,000 candies each day. They produce equal quantities of four favors: cherry,lemon,orange,and strawberry. The candies are mixed together during packaging. what is the probability that the randomly selected candy is orange?

Answer 1

0.25 is the probability that the randomly selected candy is orange.

Explanation:

We are given the following in the question:

Total number of candies = 80,000

Four equal number of flavored candies:

cherry,lemon,orange,and strawberry

Thus, number of orange candies =

`= \frac{\text{Total number of candies}}{4}\\\\=(80000)/(4) = 20000`

Thus, 20,000 orange flavored candies are produced.

`\text{Probability} = \displaystyle\frac{\text{Number of favourable outcomes}}{\text{Total number of outcomes}}`

P(orange) =

`=\frac{\text{Number of orange candies}}{\text{Total number of candies}}\\\\=(20000)/(80000) = (1)/(4) = 0.25`

0.25 is the probability that the randomly selected candy is orange.