Question

A bag contains 42 red, 45 green, 20 yellow, and 32 pirple candies. You pick one camdy at random. Find the probability that it is green.

Answer 1

`\text{P(green)} =(45)/(139)`

Explanation:

The total number of candies is :

= 42+45+20+32

= 139

Then

we have 45 green out of 139 candies.

Then

`\text{P(green)} =(45)/(139)`

Note : 45/139 is already simplified.