Question

jason the clown brings a total of 20 balloons to jake's birthday party. there are 7 yellow, 2 red, and 11 green balloons. he reaches into his pocket and randomly selects a color balloon animal. if he pulls a yellow balloon first, what is the probability of the next color to be selected randomly will also be yellow?

Answer 1

`P_(yellow)=(yellow)/(total)`

Be careful here: There is one less yellow (and one less total) since he already took a yellow one, thus:


`P_(yellow)=(6)/(19)=\approx 31.6\%`

Answer 2

I'm assuming it would be 6/20.