Question

Bozo the
clown
brings a total of 20 balloons to Jake
’
s birthday party.
There are
7
yellow, 2 red
, and
1
1
green
balloons
. He
reaches
into his pocket and
randomly selects a color to make a balloon animal. If
he
pulls
a yellow
balloon
first, what is the probability of the next color to be selected randomly
will
also be yellow?

Answer 1

Find the probability of a yellow.

How many yellow balloons were there?

Answer 2

7 yellow balloons

Answer 3

Yes, and what is the total amount of ballons?

Answer 4

balloons*

Answer 5

so 6 baloons

Answer 6

because randomly one of them was taken

Answer 7

Yep, 6 yellow balloons because we already picked one.

Answer 8

so what next

Answer 9

What's the total number of balloons?

Answer 10

19

Answer 11

Yep, because we already picke done.

Answer 12

*picked one

Answer 13

So what's the probability?

Answer 14

95%

Answer 15

No, you made a mistake.

6/19 is our fraction.

Answer 16

but 20 is the total number of ballons

Answer 17

You did 19 / 20..lol.

Answer 18

yes

Answer 19

so what do i do ??

Answer 20

@iGreen

Answer 21

Divide 6 / 20 and multiply by 100

Answer 22

300???

Answer 23

@iGreen

Answer 24

lol

Answer 25

@iGreen ???

Answer 26

Sorry, OS was just being very slow

Answer 27

Divide 6 / 19 and multiply by 100

Answer 28

@igreen

Answer 29

when i divided 6/19 i got 0.315

Answer 30

Yes, multiply by 100 and we get 31.5%

Answer 31

@Marc1313

Answer 32

It would actually be 31.6% if we round it correctly.