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Felicia had a small bag of jelly beans. The bag contained 2 green, 10 pink, 5 red, 8 yellow, and 7 orange candies. She picked one of the jelly beans from the bag. What is the pr…

Felicia had a small bag of jelly beans. The bag contained 2 green, 10 pink, 5 red, 8 yellow, and 7 orange candies. She picked one of the jelly beans from the bag. What is the pr…
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Felicia had a small bag of jelly beans. The bag contained 2 green, 10 pink, 5 red, 8 yellow, and 7 orange candies. She picked one of the jelly beans from the bag. What is the probability that Felicia picked a yellow jelly bean?

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Probability is 8/32. Simplified to 1/4 by dividing by 8
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User Chris Thornton
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The total number of jelly beans is 32.
Yellow would be 8/32, simplified to 1/4.

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