Question

A bag contains 10 red 6 green 12 orange and 8 purple candy's without looking Ann pulls one piece of candy out of the bag what is the probability she pulls out a purple piece of candy

Answer 1

`(1)/(6)`

Explanation:

GIVEN: A bag contains
`10` red
`6` green
`12` orange and
`8` purple candies, without looking Ann pulls one piece of candy out of the bag.

TO FIND: what is the probability that she pulls out a purple piece of candy.

SOLUTION:

Total number of candies in the bag
`=36`

Total number of purple candies in the bag
`=6`

Now,

Probability that Ann pulls out a purple piece of candy

`=\frac{\text{number of purple candies}}{\text{total candies in bag}}`

putting values,

`=(6)/(36)`

`=(1)/(6)`

Hence, the probability that she pulls out a purple piece of candy is
`(1)/(6)`