Question

A gumball machine contains 24 cherry gumballs, 5 apple gumballs, 18 grape gumballs, 14 orange gumballs, and 9 licorice gumballs. What is the probability of getting an orange gumball?​

Answer 1

20% or 1/5

Explanation:

24 + 5 + 18 + 14 + 9 = 70

14/70 = 1/5 = 0.2 = 20%

Answer 2

1/5

Explanation:

First find out how many gumballs there are in total. In this case, 70. Then see how many there are of the thing you are trying to find the probability of getting, in this case, 14. Finally see how many times the smaller goes into the larger, in this case, 5. There is a 1 in 5 chance, also known as 20%