Question

A box holds 42 pieces of red construction paper and 18 pieces of blue construction paper. A piece of paper is pulled out of the box at random and then placed back in the box.

How many times can you expect that a piece of red paper will be pulled out of the box in 110 tries?


A.
48

B.
55

C.
60

D.
77

Answer 1

@BAdhi

Answer 2

@amorfide

Answer 3

@DivineSolar

Answer 4

Anyone

Answer 5

Get the probability of a red paper being pulled out.. That will be for one event multiply it with total number of events to get the answer

Answer 6

first of all write it as a ration

for every 42 there is 18

42:18

simplify to get
7:3

7+3=10
110/10 = 11

11x7= how many times that red thing will come out in 110 tries

Answer 7

0.7

Answer 8

No wait. Is it D

Answer 9

yes

Answer 10

Ok thank you. One more please