Question

HELP!!! Find P(not green) the probability of selecting anything but a green M&M at random from a large bag

Answer 1

amen

Answer 2

1-.16

Answer 3

there is a 16% chance of getting green so there is a 100%-16% chance of not getting a green

Answer 4

you sure lol i dont need to first find what yellow is??

Answer 5

@myko help

Answer 6

yellow is 1 - all the others added up

Answer 7

but it does not matter to what you asked

Answer 8

if p = .16 what is p^not?

Answer 9

he is right, you know that the probability of all the posibilityes together is 1, so just rest the probability of the green one

Answer 10

so its 0.16?

Answer 11

but if you whant you could first find the yellow one, and later add all but green

Answer 12

1-.16

Answer 13

.16 is chance of getting green

Answer 14

0.84??

Answer 15

if i told you, you had a red ball a blue ball and a green ball in a bag, the chances of you getting a green are .33333 what are the chances you get a red or a blue?

Answer 16

the same?

Answer 17

but adding the red & blue?

Answer 18

1-.333 0r yes add the red a blue, they are 1/3 each so 1/3+1/3 = 2/3
or 1-1/3 = 2/3

Answer 19

probabilities must add to 1, so if the prob of getting green is .16 there is only one other choice...not green so 1-prob of getting green

Answer 20

ohhhh ok i kinda get thiss

Answer 21

i have another question...how do i know which probability's cant happen?

Answer 22

how do i know?

Answer 23

if they have a probability, then they can happen.

Answer 24

so since we have all the colors adding to 1, then the prob of getting a black m&m is 0

Answer 25

right
but like say they give me random numbers
like
1/16, 0.001, 5/4, 0.82

Answer 26

how do i know which one cant happen?

Answer 27

well this makes no since because they all add to over 1

Answer 28

sense*

Answer 29

but if there is a number then it can happen, a prob of .00000000000001 will most likely not happen, but there is a very very very small chance it will. imagine 1 M&M in a pool full of m&m's

Answer 30

5/4 is > 1

Answer 31

so we cant have a 120% chance of something happening.

Answer 32

but this was not a set of probabilities, it was just 4 different probabilities, but ones does not make sense to talk about.

Answer 33

so it would be 0.0001?

Answer 34

no, it is the one that is greater than 1

Answer 35

5/4?