Question

A bag contains 42 red, 45 green, 20 yellow, and 32 purple candies. You pick one candy at random. Find the probability that it is not yellow

Answer 1

119 / 139 or 85.611510791%

Explanation:

42+45+20+32 = 139 (Total number of candies)

42+45+32 = 119 (Total number of sweets not yellow)

Answer 2

Answer:
`(119)/(139)`

Explanation:

Given : The number of yellow of candies in bag = 20

Total number of candies in bag =
`42+45+20+32=139`

The number of candies not yellow in bag =
`139-20=119`

Now, the probability that it is not yellow is given by :-

`\text{P(not yellow)}=\frac{\text{Number of not yellow candies}}{\text{Total candies}}\\\\=(119)/(139)`

Hence, the probability that it is not yellow is
`(119)/(139)`.