Question

In a bag with 36 skittles, 12 are red, 9 are green, 3 are purple, 5 are orange, and 7 are yellow. What is the probability of pulling out a red skittle OR an orange skittle?​

Answer 1

Answer:
`(17)/(36)` or 0.472 or 47.2%

Explanation:

P( red skittle OR orange skittle)=
`(12)/(36) +(5)/(36)`

P( red skittle OR orange skittle)=
`(17)/(36)` or 0.472 or 47.2%

Answer 2

17/36

Explanation:

If t he question was check the probability of only red so it would be 12/36 but here it is red and orange so we will add the both 12 + 5 which will be 17 so 17 /36 is the right answer.