Question

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A bag contains 42 red, 45 green, 20 yellow, and 32 purple candies. You pick one candy at random. Find the probability that is green.
P(green) = ?/?

Answer 1

The probability that you would choose a green candy:
`(45)/(139)` or approximately 32%.

Explanation:

The general form of probability can be calculated as the following fraction:

`(number of desired outcomes)/(total number of outcomes)`

First, to find the total number of outcomes, you need to add all of the candies together: 42 + 45 + 20 + 32 = 139, so there are 139 total outcomes. Since there are a total of 45 green candies, the probability of choosing green from the total can be written as:

`(45)/(139)`

Dividing the numerator by the denominator and multiplying by 100 gives us the percentage of approximately 32%.