In a large bag of Skittles®, each of the 5 colors (red, orange, yellow, blue, green) occurs with the same probability. You reach in and select 1 candy.

Find P(a color in the U.S. flag).

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In a large bag of Skittles®, each of the 5 colors (red, orange, yellow, blue, green) occurs with the same probability. You reach in and select 1 candy.

Find P(a color in the U.S. flag).

anonymous · Answer

yes pleas help me  loll

apoorvk · Answer

so, what are the colors in US flag? ;)

apoorvk · Answer

and how many of those colors are listed in the colors of skittles above?

anonymous · Answer

2 in 5.. or 40%

apoorvk · Answer

@fredloser don't just answer, help them understand the process too - thanks:)

Attention @faithchangepeace !!! :P

anonymous · Answer

the colors are red white and blue

apoorvk · Answer

and which among red, blue and white are listed above?

anonymous · Answer

red and blue

apoorvk · Answer

Yup.
so total no. of colors present in the bag = 5
no. of 'favorable' colors present = 2

so what do you think would the probability be?

anonymous · Answer

40%

apoorvk · Answer

yes, right!! did it yourself and understood it i hope?

anonymous · Answer

yepp thanks loll

apoorvk · Answer

No worries. :)