Question

The gardener mixed up the petunias he bought at the plant shop. None of them are blooming, but she knows she bought 3 purple, 15 red, and 13 white. if he just selects one at random, what is the probability that it is red?
explain.

Answer 1

@mathmath333

Answer 2

i think it should be

\(\Large P(\color{red}{red})=\dfrac{no~of~\color{red}{red}~flowers}{\tt \text{total number of flowers}}\)

Answer 3

15/28 ???

Answer 4

Check the total number of flower plants again.

Answer 5

yeah i tried doing it in my head lol

Answer 6

and i didnt add the 3

Answer 7

>>> 15/28 ???

So, what should that be?

Answer 8

its a really big decimal.....

Answer 9

As a fraction first.

Answer 10

0.535714286

Answer 11

15 over what?

Answer 12

is what i got

Answer 13

15/28

Answer 14

28 is not correct for total flowers

Answer 15

well mathmath told me to add all of the numbers

Answer 16

so thats how i got a denominator of 28

Answer 17

Yes. I think there is an error in the sum:

3 + 15 + 13 = what

Answer 18

31

Answer 19

so it should be \(P(red)=15/31\)

Answer 20

so is it 15/31 or not??

Answer 21

lol it is