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Probability!

Jasmine has a bag of colored tiles. Without looking, she removes one tile, records the color, and replaces it. She repeats this process 40 times and records the results in the table

what is the probability that Jasmine will not pick a yellow tile on her forty first time? Write your answer as a fraction in simplest form. Use the / as your fraction bar.

Probability! Jasmine has a bag of colored tiles. Without looking, she removes one-example-1
User Bkritzer
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Answer:

26/31

Explanation:

N(B)=12

N(G)=14

N(Y)=5

N(S)=N(B)+N(G)+N(Y)

=12+14+5

=31

Now,

P(Not getting yellow)=N(B)+N(G)/N(S)

=12+14/31

=26/31

User Pedro Yan Ornelas
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