Question

You have a large bag in front of you and randomly pick out one candy. Find P(yellow), the probability that you select a yellow candy. Orange: 0.25, Yellow: ?, Brown: 0.40

Answer 1

When the events are mutually exclusive (that means, only one of them can happen) and exhaustive (one of the events will happen), then P[orange] + P[yellow] + P[brown] = x. What is x?

Answer 2

x is after the semi colons

Answer 3

I am trying to find out what x will be for yellow

Answer 4

The probability of *something* happening is 1. Thus, P[orange] + P[yellow] + P[brown] = 1. Now, the rest is algebra.

Answer 5

P[brown] = 1 - (what goes here?)

Answer 6

Errr, P[yellow] = 1 - ?

Answer 7

do i just add then divide?

Answer 8

Sorry. :)

Answer 9

No division -- we only need to rearrange the equation, P[orange] + P[yellow] + P[brown] = 1.

We are solving for P[yellow], so:

P[yellow] = 1 - P[orange] - P[brown]

Answer 10

i have 17 minutes to answer this and like 20 other questions

Answer 11

so...whats the answer?

Answer 12

it turned out to be 0.35

Answer 13

Yes, 0.35 looks correct.