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Ms staub has a bag full of crayons in her classroom, in her bag there were 10 of each colors blue , black , yellow , green , red brown , (60 in total) students have removed 3 black , 9 blue , 4 brown , 1 green , 5 red , and 8 yellow crayons. What is the likelihood the next crayon randomly selected will be yellow

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Answer:

1/15

Explanation:

Crayons left:

60 - 3 - 9 - 4 - 1 - 5 - 8 = 30

Yellow left:

10 - 8 = 2

P(next yellow) = 2/30

= 1/15

User Alex Koshelev
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The answer is unlikely, there is a 2 out of 30 percent chance.
User Marrs
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