Question

I have a bag of 4 cotton candy lollipops 3 cherry 6 butterscotch and 1 orange what is the probability of randomly choosing a cotton candy or orange lilipop

Answer 1

= 1/2

Explanation:

From the question: 1 bag contains

4 cotton candy lollipops

3 cherry lollipops

6 butterscotch lollipops

1 orange lollipops

Total number of possible outcomes =

14

The probability of randomly choosing a cotton candy or orange lollipops is calculated as:

P(Cotton candy) + P(Orange)

= 4/14 + 3/14

= 7/14

= 1/2