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A box contains 100 colored chips; some are pink and some are blue. Milton chooses a chip at random, records the color, and places it back in the bag. Milton has recorded 12 pink chips and 18 blue chips. Using these results, what is the predicted number of pink chips in the box?

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40
82
88

2 Answers

4 votes

40 IS RIGHT FOR SURE

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User Ali Torki
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gotta be 40, since the sample probability of choosing a pink was 2/5, apply that to 100 chips and you get a predicted 40 pink chips in the bag
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User Paul Kulchenko
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