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You randomly pull a rock from a bag of rocks. The bag has 2 pink rocks, 4 green rocks, 5 speckled rocks, and 5 black rocks.

You randomly pull a rock from a bag of rocks. The bag has 2 pink rocks, 4 green rocks-example-1

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Answer:

  • 11/16
  • 1/8

Explanation:

Total number of rocks:

  • 2 + 4 + 5 + 5 =16

Probability of not black:

  • P(not black) = number of not black/total number
  • P(not black) = (2+4+5)/16 = 11/16

Probability of pink:

  • P(pink) = number of pink/total number
  • P(pink) = 2/16 = 1/8
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