Question

A jar contains jelly beans that are red, yellow, blue, and purple. Several people reach in and grab handfuls of jelly beans, then collectively tally the number of each color: 15 red, 20 yellow, 12 blue, and 8 purple. If someone pulls out 22 jelly beans, about how many would you expect to be yellow?

A. 8

B. 13

C. 20

D. 4

Answer 1

step 1: Add up your reds,yellows, blues, and purples
step 2: you create an equation -->\[\frac{ 22 }{ 52}\]= \[\frac{ x }{ 20 }\]
step3: you cross multiply --> 52x = 440
step 4: divide both sides by 52
step 5: your answer is A

Answer 2

Thanks:)

Answer 3

The fraction yellow is approximately
f=20/55
Withdrawing 22 gives expected number
(f)(22)= 22(20)/55 = 8

Answer 4

so @chelseybell96 is correct.