Question

At a game booth, a student gets a box of candy as the prize for winning a game. The boxes come in four colors: white, red, green, and blue. There are 6 boxes of each color. All the boxes are equally likely to be given away as prizes. Which expression shows the probability of the first winner receiving a white box and the second winner also receiving a box of the same color?

6 over 24 multiplied by 6 over 23
6 over 24 multiplied by 5 over 23
6 over 24 plus 5 over 23
6 over 24 plus 6 over 23

Answer 1

@Vocaloid

Answer 2

@Mehek14

Answer 3

hey @welshfella please help!

Answer 4

probability of getting a white box for first winner = 6/24

for the second player there are now 5 white boxes and total of 23 boxes

so what is probability of second player getting a white bos?

Answer 5

how do i get the answer.. what do i have to solve?

Answer 6

the important thing to remember for second draw is there are 5 white and total 23 - so what is Probabilty of picking a white box from this 23 boxes?

Answer 7

hwo do i do that? im confused

Answer 8

well for 6 and 24 the answer was 6/24
so for 5 and 23 it will be ?

Answer 9

cant you see the pattern here?

Answer 10

probability = number of white boxes / total number of boxes

Answer 11

number of white boxes = 5 , total number of boxes = 23

Answer 12

I cant put it plainer than that

Answer 13

just plug those numbers into the formula for the probability

Answer 14

0.217

Answer 15

yes but they want it as a fraction 5/23

Answer 16

now as the 2 events are independent you multiply the 2 probabilities

require probability = 6/24 * 5/23

Answer 17

i got 5/92

Answer 18

@Vocaloid

Answer 19

@jcoury

Answer 20

@jim_thompson5910

Answer 21

@jcoury

Answer 22

k gimme a sec

Answer 23

while im finishing my own work try googling the question

Answer 24

u there

Answer 25

yes but i dont know what the answer is still

Answer 26

try googling

Answer 27

i did and i got nothing

Answer 28

you are talking about the candy question right?

Answer 29

yes

Answer 30

its number 2
6/24 times 5/23

the reason this is the answer is because on the first pick there are 4 colors and each color has 6 boxes each
6*4=24
however after the first white box is taken there are only 23 boxes left in total leaving only 5 white boxes left since one white box was removed from the booth.so the new chance of picking a white box would be 5/23.the chance of picking two white boxes in a row would be calculated by multiplying the chance of picking the white box the first time and the new chance of picking the white box the second time.so the chance of picking two white boxes in a row would be 30/552 without simplifying.from there I think you can do the rest.

Answer 31

i got 30/552

Answer 32

lol jk

Answer 33

oh i was gonna say... no i didnt lol

Answer 34

i gtg

Answer 35

so b?

Answer 36

yup bye

Answer 37

ok i have more questions.. please help :)