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A certain jar contains 100 jelly beans: 50 white, 30 green,
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17 Dec 2020, 09:56
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A certain jar contains 100 jelly beans: 50 white, 30 green, 10 yellow, 5 red, 4 purple, and 1 black. If a jelly bean is to be chosen at random, what is the probability that the jelly bean will be neither purple nor red?
(A) 0.09
(B) 0.11
(C) 0.55
(D) 0.91
(E) 0.96
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(A) 0.09
(B) 0.11
(C) 0.55
(D) 0.91
(E) 0.96
Kudos for the right answer and explanation
Re: A certain jar contains 100 jelly beans: 50 white, 30 green,
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17 Dec 2020, 17:59
17 Dec 2020, 17:59
Neither purple nor red is the same as saying the probability of all the other colors added together. Since purple and red are convenient to work with we can do this computation like so
(100-(4+5))/100 = 1 - 9/100 = .91
(100-(4+5))/100 = 1 - 9/100 = .91
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