Middle School

Ms. Lee is handing out wristbands as students enter the dance. There are 40 black, 20 yellow, 25 orange, and 15 purple wristbands. What is the probability that Melanie will get an orange wristband?

Answer :

Answer is: 4% chance of a orange

Answer:

[tex] p =\frac{25}{40+20+25+15}= \frac{25}{100}= 0.25[/tex]

So then the probability for this case would be 0.25 or 25%

Step-by-step explanation:

For this case we have 40 black , 20 yellow, 25 orange, and 15 purple wristbands

And we want to find the probability that Melanie will select an orange wristband so we can use the definition of probability:

[tex] p =\frac{successes}{total}[/tex]

And replacing we got:

[tex] p =\frac{25}{40+20+25+15}= \frac{25}{100}= 0.25[/tex]

So then the probability for this case would be 0.25 or 25%

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