Question

A jar holds 42 yellow and 14 purple crayons. A crayon is pulled out of the jar at random and then placed back in the jar.

How many times can you expect that a purple crayon will be pulled out of the jar in 140 tries?

A.
14

B.
20

C.
35

D.
47

Answer 1

How many crayons are there total?

Answer 2

140

Answer 3

nvm

Answer 4

No..

Answer 5

We have 42 yellow and 14 purple..so add them together.

Answer 6

56

Answer 7

@Kyliejones

Answer 8

Yes, now divide it to 14.

Answer 9

4

Answer 10

No, it's \(\sf 14 \div 56\) not \(\sf 56 \div 14\).

Answer 11

0.25 * 100 = 25

Answer 12

0.25 is correct..now multiply that to the tries

Answer 13

Yeah, that gives us 25%, so there's a 25% chance of picking a purple crayon..so we find 25% of the number of tries.

Answer 14

But its not a option

Answer 15

ill got with b

Answer 16

No, multiply 0.25 to the number of tries, 114

Answer 17

140*

Answer 18

35

Answer 19

Thank you

Answer 20

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